Industrial Robot

This chapter provides various aspects of industrial robots. The various aspects which have been discussed are history of industrial robots, various application areas of industrial robots, general characteristics, and essential components of industrial robots. After this, concepts of robot motion, type of joints of industrial robots, various power sources for the robots are discussed. Next, the characteristics of various types of industrial robots are presented, followed by a list of leading manufacturers and research studies on industrial robots, along with the research studies on the performance of robots in various uncertain environments.