Flexible robots and rigid robots are both types of industrial robots, and the main difference between flexible robots and rigid robots lies in their structure and usage:
Structure: Flexible robots usually have more flexible body cavities and/or joint structures, which can achieve more complex morphological transformations, while rigid robots are composed of rigid rods and their joint connections, with relatively fewer degrees of freedom of motion.
Control method: Flexible robots usually use control systems based on force and visual perception, while rigid robots mainly use programming control.
Application field: Flexible robots are mainly used in fields such as healthcare and service robots, such as surgical robots, rescue robots, lawn mowing robots, etc; Rigid robots are mainly used in automated production equipment such as assembly, spot welding, painting, and cutting on industrial production lines.
Advantages and disadvantages: Flexible robots have advantages such as flexible operation, avoidance of harm, and strong adaptability, making them more suitable for complex fields that require more degrees of freedom control; Rigid robots, on the other hand, have strong load-bearing capacity, high operating accuracy, and good stability, making them more suitable for fields that require high-quality and high-precision control.
A rigid robot refers to a robot composed of a rigid rod and its joints, which can move with various degrees of freedom. The common application fields of this robot include automatic production equipment such as Assembly line, spraying and cutting. Due to the rigidity of its main structure, rigid robots have strong load-bearing capacity, high operating accuracy, and good stability performance.
Compared to rigid robots, flexible robots have more flexible body cavities or joints, allowing them to undergo more complex morphological transformations, which often mimic the free movement of the human body. They typically use control systems based on force and visual perception, suitable for fields such as healthcare and service robots. For example, flexible robots can be used in fields such as surgical robots, rescue robots, and grass cutting robots, which have advantages such as flexible operation, injury avoidance, and better adaptability.
Therefore, compared to rigid robots, flexible robots have better characteristics such as high repeatability, positioning accuracy, high-precision processing, strong adaptability, and ability to resist external force interference, making them more suitable for complex fields that require more degrees of freedom control.
In summary, although there are many differences in structure and usage between flexible robots and rigid robots, they are both important tools in the production and service fields, each with its own advantages and disadvantages, and can be chosen based on specific application scenarios and needs.