Industrial robots are exactly what they sound like, robots used in modern industries with an increasing demand for specialized, automated, and digital labor. In other words, industrial robots perform heavy, monotonous, and dangerous tasks to make industrial work safer, more cost-effective, more productive, and, last but not least, more precise.
The industries of the future are likely to be dominated by these efficient robots, or rather, they already dominate industries but are expected to play an increasingly important role in the future. If you want to know more about how this exciting and revolutionary technology works, you have come to the right place!
Robots Are Programmed To Perform Various Tasks With Precise Accuracy
What surprises many is that industrial robots have been around as far back as the 1950s, although it is only in the 2000s that the phenomenon has become more widespread. However, these automated solutions have always had the same purpose, namely to improve industries through efficiency and automation.
Today’s industrial robots can do everything from sorting components on warehouse shelves to welding. Using a robot to automate welding makes the results more accurate and faster while increasing safety in the workplace. For example, a mobile welding robot can be used to automate the welding process, an otherwise very expensive, complicated, and risky task to perform by humans.
Robot Arms Are The Most Common Industrial Solutions
If you have never seen an industrial robot in real life and you are reading this article, you might be picturing real robots, like R2D2 or C-3PO from the Star Wars movies, running around workplaces and confusing employees. But let us assure you, that is not what today’s industrial robots look like, and since they have not changed in so many years, we do not think they will look like that in the future either.
Rather, industrial robots are not so human-like. In most cases, they are actually shaped like a more giant arm, performing a variety of tasks by being programmed by a human to do so. These robotic arms can be placed where they can best do the job, either on the floor, on the wall, hanging from the ceiling, or on a track that allows them to be moved between different workplace areas. Thanks to gearboxes and servo motors, the robot arms can be controlled with a very high degree of precision and adapted to the application for which they are intended.
Increase Efficiency And Cut Costs
The purpose of industrial robots is to streamline various tasks in workplaces and make results more accurate. Despite the relatively high purchase cost, they cut costs as human labor is no longer needed to the same extent. In addition, industrial robots help to make workplaces safer, as workers no longer have to face the same dangers when a robot takes over the heaviest and most dangerous tasks. Not to mention that industrial robots are incredibly versatile and can be programmed to perform a wide variety of functions.