What are the Different Types of Robots?

There are six dif­fer­ent types of indus­tri­al robots: carte­sian, SCARA, cylin­dri­cal, delta, polar and ver­ti­cal­ly artic­u­lat­ed. How­ev­er, there are sev­er­al addi­tion­al types of robot con­fig­u­ra­tions. Each of these types offers a dif­fer­ent joint con­fig­u­ra­tion. The joints in the arm are referred to as axes.

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Com­mon Types of Indus­tri­al Robots

Artic­u­lat­ed Robot Arms

This robot design fea­tures rotary joints and can range from sim­ple two joint struc­tures to 10 or more joints. The arm is con­nect­ed to the base with a twist­ing joint. The links in the arm are con­nect­ed by rotary joints. Each joint is called an axis and pro­vides an addi­tion­al degree of free­dom, or range of motion. Indus­tri­al robots com­mon­ly have four or six axes.

What are artic­u­lat­ed robots used for?

1. Pack­ag­ing Robot­ic Applications

2. Machine Tend­ing Robot­ic Applications

3. Assem­bly Robot­ic Applications

4. Arc Weld­ing Robot­ic Applications

5. Mate­r­i­al Han­dling Robot­ic Applications