How much do you know about industrial manipulators?

2. Industrial manipulators can be used in 364 industries
Of course, it’s just a rough judgement, because no one could know exactly what kind of jobs they can do. The only definite thing is that they are used in a wide range of industries across the globe, and an ever-advancing industrial robot manipulator seems to be omnipotent. They can be applied to food packaging, automobile manufacturing and processing, machinery processing, logistics and warehousing, medical equipment manufacturing and many other industries. This kind of large industrial robot manipulator wrapped in metal shells can manufacture cars and airplanes, process mobile phones, provide express delivery service, package food, produce closestools, and carry many loads such as dairy products, whole cheeses, meats, processed food packages, bottles, carton boxes, and food bags, and the list is endless. Industrial manipulators are still evolving rapidly since the advent of artificial intelligence. If you ask is there any job that they fail to perform, perhaps they only cannot do the jobs relating to literature, for you can’t expect a mechanical arm to knock out the Complete Works of William Shakespeare on a keyboard.

3. An industrial manipulator consists of three main parts: keyboard, host, and monitor
Custom industrial manipulators should include three components: sensors, the controller and mechanical parts (including robot arm, end effector, and drive). The senors are equivalent to the host of a desktop computer and play the central and key role; the controller is equivalent to the keyboard and mouse of a computer, is used for operation and serves as its “brain”; mechanical parts serve as the monitor of a computer and operators can visually see the contents displayed. These three parts constitute a complete robot manipulator.

4. A robot engineer is the teacher of an industrial robot manipulator
Even though industrial manipulators are capable of performing human-like functions, they cannot work independently without the cooperation of robot engineers. According to the operating principle, a custom industrial manipulator operates according to pre-set programming or artificial intelligence, which is designed by robot engineers. Robot engineers mainly design commissioning and maintenance, and software programming, and develop and design necessary supporting systems. In short, what an industrial robot manipulator can do depends on what the engineer teach it to do.

5. Difference between industrial robot manipulators and automated equipment
Taking a simple example, the outdated phones in the 1990s and iPhone 7 Plus are communication devices, but they are certainly different from each other. The relation between industrial robot manipulators and automated equipment is exactly the same. An industrial robot is one kind of automation equipment, but it is more intelligent, advanced and efficient than ordinary automation equipment, so there are numerous differences between them, and it is obviously wrong to confuse industrial robot manipulators with automated equipment.

6. Industrial manipulators display varying degrees of self-regulatory behaviors
Industrial robot manipulators are programmed to perform specific actions (repetitive actions) faithfully, efficiently, without variation, and with high accuracy and super-long standby time. These actions depend on programmed constants that define the direction, acceleration, speed, deceleration, and distance of cooperative actions.

7. Advantages of intelligent manufacturing industrial robot manipulators
Manufacturing companies have been seeking the best production efficiency, which is the driving force of innovation and development. In industrial production, industrial robot manipulators can replace workers to complete difficult jobs and reduce labor costs. Meanwhile, boring mechanized operations tend to make workers emotional and affect operation accuracy. Industrial robots can continuously guarantee the accuracy of actions and improve the quality of product production. In addition, industrial robot manipulators can improve product quality and reduce production costs, enabling manufacturing enterprises to increase productivity.