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1、Robottheindustrialrobotisatoolthatisusedinthemanufacturingenvironmenttoincreaseproductivity.Itcanperformjobsthatmightsbehazardoustothehumanworker.Oneofthefirstindustrialrobotswasusedtoreplacethenuclearpowerplants.Theindustrialrobotcanalsooperateontheasse
2、mblylinesuchasplacingelectroniccomponentsonaprintedcircuitboard.Thus,thehumanworkercanberelievedoftheroutineoperationofthistedioustask.Robotscanalsobeprogrammedtodefusebombs,toservethehandicapped,andtoperformfunctionsinnumerousapplicationsinoursociety.Ar
3、obotisareprogrammable,multifunctionalmanipulatordesignedtomoreparts,materialstoolsorspecialdevicesthroughvariablepregrammedlocationsfortheperformanceofavarietyofdifferenttasks.Preprogrammedlocationsarepathsthattherobotmustfollowtoaccomplishwork.Atsomeoft
4、heselocations,therobotwillstopandperformsomeoperation,suchasassemblyofparts,spraypainting,orwelding.Theseppreprogrammedlocationsarestoredintherobot’smemoryandarerecalledlaterforcontinousoperation.Furthermore,thesepreprogrammedlocations,aswellasotherprogr
5、amdata,canbechangedlaterastheworkrequirementschange.Thus,withregardtothisprogrammingfeature,anindustrialrobotisverymuchlikeacomputer.Theroboticsystemcanalsocontroltheworkcelloftheoperatingrobot.Theworkcelloftherobotisthetotalenviromentinwhichtherobotmust
6、performitstask.Includedwithinthiscellmaybetherobotmanipulator,controller,aworktable,safetyfeatures,oraconveyor.Inaddition,signalsfromoutsidedevicecancommunicatewiththerobot.Themanipulator,whichdoesthephysicalworkoftheroboticsystem,consistsoftwosections:t
7、hemechanicalsectionandtheattachedappendage.Themanipulatoralsohasabasetowhichtheappendagesareattached.Thebaseofthemanipulatorisusuallyfixedtotheflooroftheworkarea.Sometimes,through,thebasemaybemovable.Inthiscase,thebaseisattachedtoeitherarailoratrack,allo
8、wingthemanipulatortobemovedfromonelocationtoanother.themanipulatorismainlycomposedofthehandandthemotion.Thehandisusesfortograspholdstheworkpiece(ortool)thepart,accordingtoisgraspedholdsthethingshape,thesize,theweight,thema
