ROBOTICS APPLICATIONS IN CAR MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
ROBOTICS APPLICATIONS IN CAR MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY WHAT IS A ROBOT ? If you compare a conventional robot manipulator with a crane attached to, say, a utility or towing vehicle, you will notice that the robot manipulator is very similar to the crane. Both possess a number of links attached serially to each other with joints, where each joint can be moved by some type of actuator. A ‘robot’ is a machine especially one programmable by a computer capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically. WHY DO WE NEED A ROBOT? You might wonder whether you need a robot when you get bored by doing the work over again and again. The truth to be told, nothing will happen without machines. Most robots today are used to do various repetitive (boring and dull) tasks or actions which are dangerous and difficult for human bein...