However, a lot of nuclear waste remains in temporary storage because robot technology has not advanced to the point where it is capable of dealing with the waste yet. In the UK, 4.9 million tons of nuclear waste from the country''s nuclear power stations are still in temporary storage facilities – representing the most significant and most …
The aim of this paper is to provide a comprehensive review and, therefore, to provide a reference of existing methods, techniques and technologies for enhancing …
A novel method that can be applied off-line in the workstation design phase minimizes the overall EC of industrial robots during their entire lifecycle; this method, …
Industrial robots, like all machines, require energy to operate, which is why energy efficiency in industrial robotics has been a subject of consideration in recent years in many scientific and industrial centers. Interest in the topic is especially noticeable in Industry 4.0. Research on energy efficiency stems from the emergence of new …
This paper presents a new approach to estimate the benefit of a energy storage for certain robots. This method can be used directly in the planning phase of …
One of the characteristic features of the next-generation of Industry 4.0 is human-centricity, which in turn includes two technological advancements: Artificial Intelligence and the Industrial Metaverse. In this work, we assess the impact that AI played on the advancement of three technologies that emerged to be cornerstones in the fourth …
Proposing a comprehensive evaluation measure of the high-quality development of manufacturing industry (HQDMI), the purpose of this paper is to explore whether the high-quality development of manufacturing industry (HQDMI) promotes the application of industrial robots (AIR). Evidence shows that, first, the index of HQDMI …
Optimization of energy consumption in industrial robots can reduce operating costs, improve performance and increase the lifespan of the robot during …
Articulated arms. SCARA. Cartesian (also gantry or linear) Delta. The very first industrial robot was developed in 1961, used by General Motors, and was called Unimate. It was used to move and weld die-casted parts, …
Developing different robotic platforms for farm operations is vital to addressing the increasing world population. A harvesting robot significantly increases a farm''s productivity while farmers focus on other relevant farm operations. From the literature, it could be summarized that the design concepts of the harvesting mechanisms were …
Wafer handlers have their own control system and should be included in the statistics of industrial robots. Wafers handlers can be articulated, cartesian, cylindrical or SCARA robots. Irrespective from the type of robots they are reported in the application "cleanroom for semiconductors". Flat panel handlers also should be included.
The aim of this paper is to provide an approach for integrating energy storage systems into production lines. Therefore, a robot model with coupled axis is to be taken into account in the design of the production cell.
Taking column (4) as an example, cities with the highest exposure to industrial robots experience a 61% (0.0184 × (2.22 - 0.065) / 0.065) reduction in PM2.5 concentrations compared to that of ...
robot, any automatically operated machine that replaces human effort, though it may not resemble human beings in appearance or perform functions in a humanlike manner. By extension, robotics is the …
With the advent of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Internet of Things (IoT) and robotic systems are closely cooperating, reshaping their relations and managing to develop new-generation …
Industrial robots, like all machines, require energy to operate, which is why energy efficiency in industrial robotics has been a subject of consideration in recent …
(2200045) reviewed next-generation energy harvesting and storage technologies for robots across all scales. Their extensive summary broadly covers energy storage, harvesting …
for energy saving concerning industrial consumers by assessing three different robot concepts. Based on a literature review, two existing designs for robots – the …
Robots need better batteries. As mobile machines travel farther from the grid, they''ll need lightweight and efficient power sources. By. Jeff Hecht. The New York Fire Department purchased two ...
The Robot Institute of America (1969) defines robot as "…. a reprogrammable, multi-functional manipulator designed to move materials, parts, tools or specialized devices through various …
The employed salt hydrates mainly include chloride salts (such as LiCl [55], CaCl 2 [56] and MgCl 2 [57]), bromine salts (SrBr 2 [58] and LiBr [59]) and sulphates (MgSO 4 [60, 61]).N''Tsoukpoe et al. [62] evaluated the energy storage potential of 125 salt hydrates in terms of the storage density, charging temperature, toxicity and price and …
As the payload-to-weight ratio of standard industrial robots appears to be rather small, energy efficiency potentials can be found in its optimisation as well as the use of different robot concepts. This contribution reviewed the energy consumption of standard industrial units in comparison to parallel kinematic ones.
First, a robot model is developed including the DC grid coupling of the individual drives. This model is validated by several measurements of the absorbed power, brake power and DC grid voltage in a real car body shop. In a next step, the model is used to estimate the potential of an energy storage system for robots in a specific production.
Herein, an overview of recent progress and challenges in developing the next-generation energy harvesting and storage technologies is provided, including direct energy …
Erick-Alejandro González-Barbosa M. González-Palacios L. Aguilera-Cortés José-Joel González-Barbosa J. Serrano-Rubio J.A. Colin Robles. Engineering. Robotica. 2022. Abstract This article presents a methodology to reduce the energy consumption of an industrial robot. We propose a design for a 3R serial manipulator of general geometry.
Keywords: Industrial Robotics, Energy E ciency, Energy Storage Sys-tem, Robot Modeling 1 Introduction The automotive industry is one of the main contributors for …
Their energy storage relies on the reversible oxidation–reduction reactions of lithium and the lithium-ion couple (Li/Li +) to store energy. Typically, metal oxide (LiMO 2, M = Co, Ni, Mn) or metal phosphate (LiFePO 4 ) are used as active material in the cathode, while the anode is composed of electrode material like graphite, silicon, or other …
In Germany, for example, they account for no more than 1% of the total electrical energy consumed in industry [107]. Therefore, as it stands today, improving the energy of robots will only have a ...
In the last decades, increasing energy prices and growing environmental awareness have driven engineers and scientists to find new solutions for reducing energy consumption in manufacturing. Although many processes of a high energy consumption (e.g., chemical, heating, etc.) are considered to have reached high levels of efficiency, …