The ABC’s of Assembly Robots – From Fanuc to KUKA

Assem­bly robots are prob­a­bly the most com­mon robots on the mar­ket today because assem­bly is the most com­mon appli­ca­tion entrust­ed to robots. With their high lev­el of speed and accu­ra­cy, robots are per­fect for assem­bly processes.

Robot­ic assem­bly is used in sev­er­al indus­tries, includ­ing the auto­mo­tive, aero­space and elec­tron­ics indus­tries. Assem­bly robots are well-suit­ed for these indus­tries because of their abil­i­ty to fit into tight spaces and work with quick­ness and pre­ci­sion, which keeps the line mov­ing along at an improved rate.

Sev­er­al robot com­pa­nies make assem­bly robot sys­tems, includ­ing Fanuc, Motoman and KUKA. These com­pa­nies offer sin­gle-armed robots for assem­bly robot­ics. Motoman also offers dual-armed assem­bly robot models.

Fanuc Robot­ics, a leader in assem­bly robot­ics, has sev­er­al assem­bly robot mod­els avail­able, includ­ing the M‑1iA. This robot, also known as a ​“spi­der robot,” is a small, table­top robot assem­bler that is per­fect for small part assem­bling for indus­tries like the elec­tron­ics or med­ical industry.

KUKA Robot­ics, anoth­er robot­ic com­pa­ny lead­ing the way for assem­bly robot pro­duc­tion, has their high-accu­ra­cy series that includes the KR 30 HA, a low­er pay­load robot that can oper­ate many assem­bly process­es. For exam­ple, this assem­bly robot can be used to screw brack­ets onto an automobile.

Yaskawa Motoman Robot­ics, while hav­ing the usu­al sin­gle-armed assem­bly robots, also has reached into the dual-armed mar­ket. Their DIA10 mod­el is able to use each arm inde­pen­dent­ly while assem­bling an item, or it can use both arms togeth­er to assem­ble, mim­ic­k­ing human movements.

Each of these com­pa­nies has sev­er­al oth­er assem­bly robot mod­els avail­able as well, big and small, with a vari­ety of pay­load capacities.

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