This document discusses robots used in manufacturing systems. It defines a robot and lists some of its main benefits, including reduced costs, improved safety, increased productivity, and improved quality. The document also outlines several common applications of industrial robots, such as welding, painting, loading/unloading machines, material handling, assembly, sorting, and inspection. It describes the main physical components of a robot as the base, manipulator arm, gripper or end effector, drives, controller, and sensors. Finally, it discusses some common robot configurations like polar, cylindrical, Cartesian, articulated, and SCARA robots and criteria for selecting robots, such as dangerous working conditions, repetitive tasks, and continuous manufacturing processes.

1. SIGMA POLYTECHNIC
Saini Tarandeep Singh (126420319613)
Department : Mechanical Engineering (19)
Sem : 6th Sem
Year : 2016
Subject : Manufacturing System
(3361904)

2. Robotics

3. “A robot is a programmable, multi-functional manipulator designed
to move material, parts, tools, or special devices through variable
programmed motions for the performance of a variety of tasks.”
Benefits of using robots in industries :
1. Reduced cost of production.
2. Operate in hazardous and hostile environment.
3. Improved production quality.
4. Increase productivity.
5. Robot enable improved management control in a CIM environment.
6. Industrial robots meet occupational safety and health administration
standard.
WHAT IS ROBOT ?

4. Industrial Robots have been used in several different industrial
situations. Some common areas of their applications are as following :
1. Welding.
2. Spray Painting.
3. Machine Loading And Unloading.
4. Material Handling And Transfer.
5. Other Processing Operations.
6. Assembly Operations.
7. Sorting of Parts.
8. Inspection of Parts.
VARIOUS AREAS OF APPLICATION IN MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS :

5. PHYSICAL CONFIGURATIONS :

6. A robot carries a large number of components,
of which the main components are as following :
1.Base.
2.Manipulator Arm.
3.Gripper or End Effector.
4.Drives.
5.Controller.
6.Sensors.
MAIN COMPONENTS OF A ROBOT (PHYSICAL
CONFIGURATION) :

7. 1. Polar Configuration :
Notation :
Twisting, Rotary And Linear Motion
Twisting, Rotary And orthogonal Motion
Work Volume :
Cylindrical Volume
TYPES AND PHYSICAL CONFIGURATION OF AN INDUSTRIAL
ROBOT :

8. POLAR CONFIGURATION :

9. 2. Cylindrical Configuration :
Notation :
Twisting, Linear And Orthogonal Motion
Work Volume :
Cylindrical Volume

10. CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION :

11. 3. Cartesian Coordinate Robot :
Notation :
Linear, Orthogonal And Orthogonal Motion
Work Volume :
Rectangular Block

12. CARTESIAN COORDINATE ROBOT :

13. 4. Jointed Arm or Articulated Robot :
Notation :
Twisting, Rotary And Linear Motion
Revolving, Revolving And Rotary Motion
Work Volume :
Hemisphere

14. JOINTED ARM OR ARTICULATED ROBOT :

15. 5. SCARA (Selective Compliance Assembly
Robot Arm) :
Notation :
Revolving, Rotary And Orthogonal Motion
Work Volume :
Cylindrical Volume

16. SCARA (SELECTIVE COMPLIANCE ASSEMBLY ROBOT ARM) :

17. 1. When the working conditions are dangerous and
potentially hazardous to health.
2. When the work cycles are repetitive in nature, i.e., the
same sequence of activities is to follow in each work
cycle.
3. When it is awkward or humanly difficult to handle a part
or tool either due to excessive weight or awkward
location or shape.
4. When the process of manufacturing is of continuous
(non-stop) type, such that a large workforce is required
to work in many shifts, one after the other.
SELECTION CRITERIA OF ROBOT :