Articulated robot
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An articulated robot is a robot with rotary joints {{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} that has 6 or more Degrees of Freedom{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}} . This is one of the most commonly used robots in industry today (many examples can be found from legged robots or industrial robots). Articulated robots can range from simple 6 Degree of Freedom structures to systems with 10 or more interacting joints and materials.
They are powered by a variety of means, including electric motors.
Some types of robots, such as robotic arms, can be articulated or non-articulated.[https://www.osha.gov/dts/osta/otm/otm_iv/otm_iv_4.html OSHA TECHNICAL MANUAL – SECTION IV: CHAPTER 4]http://www.ssl.umd.edu/projects/rangertsx/data/spacerobotics-UNDSPST470.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116081657/http://www.ssl.umd.edu/projects/rangertsx/data/spacerobotics-UNDSPST470.pdf |date=2017-11-16 }} , pg 9
Articulated robots
Image:Factory Automation Robotics Palettizing Bread.jpg|Robots palletizing food at a bakery
Image: Robotics Cutting Bridge Building Parts.jpg|Manufacturing of steel bridges, cutting steel
Image:KUKA robot for flat glas handling.jpg|Flat-glass handling, heavy duty robot with 500 kg payload
Image:Automation of foundry with robot.jpg|Automation in foundry industry, heat resistant robot
Image:Robotworx-spot-welding-robot.jpg|Spot welding robot
See also
- Degrees of freedom (engineering)
- Articulated soft robotics
- Robotics suite
- Industrial robot
- Robotic arms and cranes used in spaceflight:
- Canadarm, which was used on the Space Shuttle
- Mobile Servicing System (MSS), also known as the Canadarm2, used on the ISS
- The Japanese Remote Manipulator System, used on the ISS JEM module Kibo
- Dextre, also known as the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM), used on the ISS
- Strela, a manually operated arm used on the Russian Orbital Segment (ROS) of the ISS to perform similar tasks as the Mobile Servicing System
- European Robotic Arm, a fifth robotic arm installed on the ISS in 2021