The industrial robot is a programmable manipulator in three or more axes with various purposes, automatically controlled and re-programmable. The field of industrial robotics can be defined as the study, design and use of robots for the execution of industrial processes.

There are 5 types of robots:

  • Manipulative robots.
  • Learning or repetition robots.
  • Computer robots.
  • Intelligent (experimental) robots.
  • Micro and nanorobots.

5. FANUC M-2000iA/1700L

The strongest 6 axis robot on the market, it comes with a handling capacity up to 2.3 t and a reach up to 4.7 m. This makes it the ideal choice for handling and palletizing heavy parts. Its outstanding vertical 6.2 m lifting stroke and horizontal reach makes processing even the largest of workpieces easy. Especially suitable for the automotive or metal industries, these heavy payload robots lift complete cars efficiently and safely.

4. Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) Systems with FANUC - Electroimpact

Electroimpact became a leader in the Automated Fiber Placement industry by achieving speeds and performance nobody thought was possible. With a wide variety of motors capable of moving massive fiber placement heads at extremely high speeds and controls to deliver the accuracy and precision required by the aerospace industry.

3. AutoStore Black Line

AutoStore Black Line newest robot, relay port and taller bin design to deliver 650 bins per hour and 99% system uptime, an ideal solution for the most demanding order fulfillment centers. it´s components can also be added to existing Red Line systems for increased throughput, making AutoStore the most scalable and flexible goods-to-person automation system on the market.

2. Pegasus Amazon

Orange robots, about the size of a big suitcase, buzz through the Amazon sortation center in Denver, Colorado. Conveyor belts on top of the robots look like a mini treadmill for packages that are delivered to one of hundreds of chutes in the warehouse. Amazon associates rely on software to guide the company’s newest robotic drive units, which help get packages to customers more quickly.

1. Handle Robot Reimagined for Logistics

Handle is a mobile manipulation robot designed for logistics. Handle autonomously performs mixed SKU pallet building and depalletizing after initialization and localizing against the pallets. The on-board vision system on Handle tracks the marked pallets for navigation and finds individual boxes for grasping and placing. When Handle places a boxes onto a pallet, it uses force control to nestle each box up against its neighbors. The boxes used in the video weigh about 5 Kg (11 lbs), but the robot is designed to handle boxes up to (15 Kg) (33 lb). This version of Handle works with pallets that are 1.2 m deep and 1.7 m tall (48 inches deep and 68 inches tall).