Friday, 2 November 2012

Type of Robots

There are three main branches of robotics today. Although they all share the same origins, in the mid-1900s robots break into three categories: Industrial, Research, and Educational.


 << Educational Robot
 Educational Robot is a robot whose job is to guide humanity in the field of education, such as learning a variety of subjects, or maybe play together, can also assist people to practice life.
<< Industrial Robot :

Industrial robot as defined by ISO 8373:
An automatically controlled, reprogrammable, multipurpose manipulator programmable in three or more axes, which may be either fixed in place or mobile for use in industrial automation applications.
Reprogrammable: whose programmed motions or auxiliary functions may be changed without physical alterations;
Multipurpose: capable of being adapted to a different application with physical alterations;
Physical alterations: alteration of the mechanical structure or control system except for changes of programming cassettes, ROMs, etc.
Axis: direction used to specify the robot motion in a linear or rotary mode



<< Research Robot

Research Robots are robots used by humans to perform various studies such as, robots sent to the moon to conduct research in the month, was sent into the woods to do research there, and many more.