Factory Robot Trends Today – It’s all about intelligence

Fac­to­ry robot trends are per­pet­u­at­ed by the influx of new tech­nol­o­gy that changes every day. While all robots have sim­i­lar make­ups, it is the tech­nol­o­gy that keeps form­ing new trends through­out industry.

Three things are impor­tant with any robot – the phys­i­cal struc­ture, the con­troller (or brain) and the pay­load capa­bil­i­ty. Instead of the humanoid robots that many of us are used to see­ing in pop­u­lar cul­ture, these robots are usu­al­ly designed to com­plete one or a series of spe­cif­ic tasks. Though the pop­u­lar thought may be that fac­to­ry robots are trend­ing toward look­ing human – most of them, in fact, just look like long arms that are anchored to the ground, wall, shelf or sus­pend­ed by an over­head track.

These indus­tri­al fac­to­ry robots are rapid­ly approach­ing 1,000,000 sold, and are used for assem­bly lines, weld­ing and oth­er tasks, spread out over sev­er­al indus­tries. Some fac­to­ry robots trend toward improv­ing sew­er cleanup, detect­ing bombs and per­form­ing surg­eries, accord­ing to automa­tion.com.

There are also new fac­to­ry robot­ic trends emerg­ing every day, like the addi­tion of vision and sen­sors to make robots eas­i­er and safer to work with in a human-pop­u­lat­ed envi­ron­ment. Vision cam­eras can take pic­tures that feed infor­ma­tion to the fac­to­ry robot on what parts to pick up, and cam­eras installed on the pro­duc­tion line can han­dle qual­i­ty con­trol, reject­ing items with defects. Touch sen­sors can help robots sense when some­thing has moved into their work area, allow­ing them to pause or even slow down the force of movement.

This kind of intel­li­gence is trend­ing in fac­to­ry robots across the globe, allow­ing com­pa­nies to keep a com­pet­i­tive edge in the ever-chang­ing market.

Accord­ing to the automa​tion​.com arti­cle, we are becom­ing a ​“robot­ic nation.” As the fac­to­ry robots trend toward low­er price points, their sales will only con­tin­ue to grow. Ana­lysts esti­mate that by the year 2055, there will be robots ser­vic­ing almost every indus­try in the world.

Robots​.com, a cer­ti­fied inte­gra­tor of robots from Fanuc, Motoman, ABB, Uni­ver­sal Robots, and KUKA, keeps an eye on fac­to­ry robot trends to bring you the newest tech­nol­o­gy avail­able for your fac­to­ry automa­tion process­es. Robots​.com also offers refur­bished robots at a low­er price, if that bet­ter fits your company’s bud­get and needs.

For more infor­ma­tion on fac­to­ry robot trends, or to learn more about how Robots​.com can assist you in your automa­tion process, con­tact us today online or at 877−762−6881.