Description :

Precision & Industrial Robot 

A HARDWORKING MACHINE

Precision and industrial robots are used in a variety of industrial processes ranging from packaging to manufacturing. Precision robots are made to work within very tight tolerances. They use sensors to ensure that they are always on track.

Industrial robots are commonly seen in heavy mechanical applications where they work alongside humans or work independently. Industrial robots are tailor-made for the function at hand. They are used in welding, painting and even heavy lifting. Hence each robot is distinct in its own regards.

UNDER THE HOOD

Precision and industrial robots use actuators and motors to expand their degrees of motion based on what they are required to do.

MEET THE WORKFORCE

The IRB 1200 is one of the smallest and fastest of these robots, and comes with a few different industry specific variants. They can typically carry a payload of 5-7Kgs.

The most commonly used types of industrial robots, based on the configuration of the axis, are cartesian, SCARA, cylindrical, delta, polar and vertically articulated. However, there are several other types available as well.

There are nearly 1.64 million industrial robots in operation today across many different industries.

Tech Specs

Reach  : 0.7 m

Payload : 7 kg

Armload : 0.3 kg

Protection: Standard robot (IP40) or IP67,

Foundry Plus 2 based on IP67,

Food Grade Lubricant and Clean Room (ISO class 3) based on IP67

Controllers: IRC5 compact/IRC5 single cabinet

Integrated signal and power supply: 10 Signals on wrist

Integrated ethernet: One 100/10 Base-TX ethernet port

AGRICULTURE ROBOT

AUTONOMOUS FARMING: A STEP TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY

Robotics is redefining the agriculture industry and is enabling farmers to efficiently meet the growing demands of global food shortage and labour. Robots, specifically in the form of drones offer an unparalleled advantage to farmers in terms of better production, crop monitoring and overall farming efficiency.

Unlike ordinary drones, these sophisticated Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are fitted with high-resolution cameras and enhanced sensors that map the ground and provide accurate soil data to farmers in real-time. To maintain optimum altitude and flight control, agricultural drones also sport flight controllers along with a responsive propulsion system.

A FARMER’S BEST FRIENDAgriculture drones like the DJIMatrice 100 are one of the easiest to operate, making use of DJI’s patented technology to maintain flight with minimal control. It comes with the flight controller, propulsion system, GPS, DJI Lightbridge, a dedicated remote controller, and a rechargeable battery.

Other examples include the Vinobot and Vinoculer, LSU's AgBot, Casmobot slope mower, HortiBot.

ASSISTING THE WORLD’S LARGEST INDUSTRY

From crop monitoring to planting, livestock management, crop spraying, irrigation mapping, and more, agricultural drones have a promising future in the agricultural industry.

SPACE ROBOT 

Machines, The Space Nomads-

Space robots are made to help us explore extraterrestrial worlds. They help us to understand a planet in detail without having to send a human candidate or assist astronauts in tasks that would be difficult or risky for humans. Space robots are made in many forms, from humanoids to rovers.

These machines are designed very differently from the robots that we use on earth as they are built from the ground up to work in the extreme space and atmospheric conditions.

Space robots are sent to either other planets or specific parts of the space to study the environment. they have various sensors and scanners that they use to study everything around them. The data that they collect is then transmitted to earth for research.

The Space Mechanic

The biggest advantage of Space Robots is that they are disposable. Once they are deployed on their mission, they will remain operational for years and will only stop when the core components are damaged.

Sometimes space shuttles or space stations require construction and repair work. However, having a person do this could lead to all sorts of hazards.

Exposure to radiation and extreme temperatures could be fatal to humans. This is a perfect example of a task that a robot would do with relative ease, factoring in all the risk involved.

Some examples of space robots from NASA are Robonaut, RASSOR, Spidernaut, ATHLETE, Dextre, SPHERES, Curiosity, and Pioneer.

The visual representation on display is achieved by using an InMoov robot. The InMoov is an open source, 3D printable humanoid invented by Gaël Langevin

DRDO ROBOT–

\DRDO: AT THE FOREFRONT OF DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY

DRDO, our country’s premier R&D organization has demonstrated the use of robotics technologies through a wide range of robots that are capable of performing mission-critical tasks with minimal human intervention.

The application of robotics in defence has seen tremendous growth over the years and specialized laboratories such as the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR) have been established to cater to this area of research.

ENABLING SMART OPERATIONS 

Robots operating in a battlefield scenario are often required to traverse uneven terrains and should possess different sensing capabilities in order to intelligently achieve the mission objectives. To achieve such a feat, DRDO robots use a wide range of locomotion and manipulation technologies underpinned by Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Tech Specs: 

Legged Robots - 

Hexapods and Quadrupeds with three degrees of freedom enabling omni-directional motion

Ultrasonic sensors for obstacle detection and avoidance

Human-like, stable locomotion–

Actuated wheels for hybrid locomotion in quadruped–

Miniature Ground Vehicle–

Payload Capacity: 50 Kg

Robot weight: 28 Kg

Daylight camera used for counter-insurgence operations

Speed of 3 Km/h on the roughest terrain

Prosthetic and Exoskeleton

A CHANCE OF PHYSICAL REHABILITATION

Robotic limbs and wearable robots are inventions that have a direct impact on humanity. Their importance is widely acknowledged as a result of the contribution of popular cinema. 

The loss of a limb due to accidents, war casualties or cardiovascular disease is one of the most painful experiences for a human. Robotics gives amputees a chance of recuperating their limbs and being able to get back to their lives.

Robotic prosthetics require multidisciplinary research, primarily making use of electronics, mechanics and biology. Several technologies have been developed to implement this concept and we are not too far from commercially available robotic prosthetics.

A STEP FURTHER–

This research can further be applied to the creation of devices like exoskeletons that enable humans to go beyond their capabilities and achieve physical strength and dexterity that can only be defined as super-human. 

Tagged as one of the “50 best innovations of 2010” by TIME magazine, the EksoVest by Eksobionics is one such invention that helps workers operate more efficiently by reducing fatigue. Use of such devices also reduces the chances of injury.

THE POWER OF PHYSICS

The EksoVest uses physics to shift the weight from your arms and shoulders to your legs. This machine is being actively tested at companies such as Ford. It can be of great assistance to mechanics who have to deal with muscle fatigue on a daily basis.

MODERN SCIENCE AT WORK–

Myoelectric systems are used to read the brain signals from the nerves of the damaged organs and activate motorized limbs in accordance. This technology is being explored as an underlying mechanism of robotic prosthetics.

3D printed prosthetics are used to reduce the weight of a myoelectric system and provide better personalization.