Industrial Robotics Control: Mathematical Models, Software Architecture, and Electronics Design

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F. FrigeniIndustrial Robotics ControlMaker Innovations Serieshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8989-1_1

1. Industrial Robots

Fabrizio Frigeni¹  

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Shanghai, China

 

The word robot is very general and normally identifies all sorts of automatically moving machines. This book focuses on robotic arms, also called manipulators, typically employed in factories for manufacturing tasks (see example shown in Figure 1-1).

Photograph of robotic arms working in the industry.

Figure 1-1

Industrial robots at work in a production line (with permission from EFORT)

These ...