What is the working range of industrial robots? What can industrial robots do?
Introduction: The “working range” of a robot is the distance that can be reached when the mechanical arm is fully extended, also called the arm length. The scope of work is also called a workspace. It refers to the space that the robot can reach when the end effector is not installed, as the reference point on the wrist. The scope of work shall exclude the working area. The robot may cause collision and interference when moving. Even in actual use, the possibility of collision should be considered after installing the end effector.
Working range of industrial robot
The working range of an industrial robot refers to the space area that the robot arm or hand mounting point can reach. Because the size and shape of the hand end effector are various, in order to truly reflect the characteristic parameters of the robot, this refers to the working area when the end effector is not installed.
The shape and size of the robot's working range are very important. When a robot performs a task, it may be unable to complete the task because of the dead zone that cannot be reached by the hand. The number of degrees of freedom the robot has and the combination of machines determine its motion pattern; The variation of the degree of freedom (that is, the distance of linear motion and the size of the rotation angle) determines the size of the motion pattern.
What can industrial robots do?
As the name implies, industrial robots are robots used in industrial production. Now is the era of emerging industries. The use of industrial robots is the progress of industrial production. What can industrial robots do?
Industrial robots in the production workshop are responsible for stacking, handling, loading and unloading robots, spraying robots, welding robots, etc.
Mechanical processing application: The application of robots in the mechanical processing industry is not very much, accounting for only 2%, probably because there are many automation equipment on the market that can be competent for mechanical processing tasks. Machining robots are mainly engaged in the fields of parts casting, laser cutting and water jet cutting.
Robot spraying application: robot spraying here mainly refers to painting, dispensing, and other work, and only 4% of industrial robots are engaged in spraying application.
Robot assembly application: assembly robots are mainly engaged in the installation, disassembly and repair of parts. Due to the rapid development of robot sensor technology in recent years, robot applications are becoming more and more diversified, which directly leads to the decline of the proportion of robot assembly applications.
Robot welding applications: Robot welding applications mainly include spot welding and arc welding used in the automotive industry. Although spot welding robots are more popular than arc welding robots, arc welding robots have developed rapidly in recent years. Welding robots are gradually introduced into many processing workshops to realize automatic welding operations.
Robot handling application: At present, handling is still the largest application field of robots, accounting for about 40% of the total robot applications. Many automatic production lines need to use robots for loading and unloading, handling, stacking and other operations.