An industrial robot system mainly consists of three parts and six subsystems. The three parts are: mechanical part, sensing part, and control part. The six subsystems are: drive system, mechanical structure system, sensing system, robot-environment interaction system, human-machine interaction system, and control system.
I. Drive System:
In the hands of an industrial robot, to make the robot move, a transmission device needs to be installed for each joint, that is, each degree of freedom of motion; this is the drive system. The drive system can be hydraulic transmission, pneumatic transmission, electric transmission, or a comprehensive system that combines them; it can drive directly or indirectly through mechanical transmission mechanisms such as synchronous belts, chains, pulleys, and harmonic gears.
II. Mechanical Structure System:
An industrial robot is a mechanical component that performs various movements. The system consists of a skeleton (links) and joints (kinematic pairs) that connect them, and has multiple degrees of freedom. It mainly includes components such as the hand, wrist, arm, and body.
III. Control System:
Employing a modular hardware structure and a computer-based open software architecture, it can be flexibly adapted to your equipment and specific requirements. Furthermore, it features various expansion capabilities, allowing your control system to easily adapt to ever-changing new production tasks. This enables you to respond flexibly to changes and ensure your product's competitive advantage.
IV. Sensory System:
In industrial robots, sensors are crucial. Among the internal sensors, position and speed sensors are indispensable components in modern robot feedback control. External sensors detect the working objects, environment, and the robot's relationship to them. Installing tactile, visual, force, proximity, ultrasonic, and auditory sensors on robots significantly improves their working conditions, enabling them to perform complex tasks more effectively.
V. Environmental Interaction System:
Human-machine interaction systems are an important component of intelligent robots and other intelligent machines. Humans perceive and operate machine systems through contact and interaction, while intelligent machines perceive and operate their environment through contact and interaction systems, achieving harmonious and natural interaction between humans and the environment. This allows human intelligence and skills to be integrated into intelligent machines through contact and interaction systems.
VI. Interactive System:
The functions of a typical industrial robot arm are essentially determined by the integrated mechanisms within its mechanical, sensing, and control components. However, the operational capabilities of an industrial robot also depend on its interaction with the external environment—that is, its ability to interact with both the hardware and software environments.
