JI Shiming, HUANG Xihuan

 

(Key Laboratory of E&M, Ministry of Education & Zhejiang Province,

Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China)

 

 

Abstract: Industrial robots have a lot of advantages such as high efficiency, stable and reliable, good repeatability and adapting to operate in highrisk environment. They will play important roles in traditional manufacturing industries, especially the laborintensive industries. The development background and origin of industrial robots were reviewed and the present main production enterprises of industrial robot main bodies and its core parts were introduced. The recent developments of some industrial robot key technologies were summarized about the robot mechanical structure, perception system, driving system, operating system and stepbystep teaching. Some newer industrial robots and their applications were given such as shipbuilding welding robot using a PDA teach pendant, dual arm assembly robot, double function robot for assembly/disassembly, mobile industrial robot, polishing robot and sewing robot, etc.

 

Key words: by machine instead of human; robot operating system(ROS); stepbystep teaching; dual arm robot; robot for assembly/disassembly