Advantages and application analysis of industrial robots

当今工业技术正逐渐向着具有行走能力、具有多种感知能力、具有较强的对作业环境的自适应能力的方向发展。相比于传统的工业设备，工业机器人有众多的优势，比如机器人具有易用性、智能化水平高、生产效率及安全性高、易于管理且经济效益显著等特点，使得它们可以在高危环境下进行作业。

1. Ease of use of the robot

In my country, industrial robots are widely used in manufacturing, not only in the automobile manufacturing industry, but also in the production of space shuttles, military equipment, high-speed rail development, and ballpoint pen production. And they have been extended from more mature industries to food, medical and other fields. Due to the rapid development of robot technology, compared with traditional industrial equipment, not only the price gap of products is getting smaller and smaller, but also the degree of product personalization is high. Therefore, in the manufacturing process of some complex products, industrial robots can replace traditional equipment, which can greatly improve economic efficiency. According to statistics, from 2016 to 2017, the total sales of industrial robots worldwide have exceeded 346,000 units from 294,000 units. It can be seen that the application range of industrial robots is wide.

2. High level of intelligence

With the continuous advancement of computer control technology, industrial robots will gradually be able to understand human language, and industrial robots can complete product assembly, which can exempt workers from complex operations. The welding robot system in industrial production can not only realize the automatic real-time tracking of space welds, but also realize the online adjustment of welding parameters and real-time control of weld quality, which can meet the urgent requirements of complex welding processes of technical products and their welding quality and efficiency. In addition, with the expansion of human exploration of space, industrial robots can also use their intelligence to successfully complete tasks in extreme environments such as space, deep water and nuclear environments.

3. High production efficiency and safety

As the name implies, a robot arm is produced by imitating the shape of human hands. It takes a fixed time to produce a product. In the same life cycle, the output of the robot arm is also fixed and will not fluctuate. In addition, the production time of each mold is fixed, and the product yield is high. Using robots for production is more in line with the interests of the boss.

The use of industrial robots in factories can solve many production safety problems. Safety hazards caused by personal reasons, such as unfamiliarity with work processes, negligence, fatigue, etc., can all be avoided.

4.易于管理，经济效益显著

Companies can clearly know their daily production volume and receive orders and produce goods according to their own production capacity, instead of blindly estimating production or producing too many products and causing waste. The daily management of industrial robots in factories will also be much simpler than managing employees.

工业机器人可以24小时循环工作，能够做到生产线的最大产量，并且无需给予加班的工时费用。对于企业来说，还能够避免员工长期高强度工作后产生的疲劳、生病带来的请假等误工的情况。生产线换用工业机器人生产后，企业生产只需要留下少数能够操作维护工业机器人的员工对工业机器人进行维护作业就可以了。经济效益非常的显著。

Application of industrial robots

1. Application in palletizing

In the palletizing of various factories, highly automated robots are widely used. Manual palletizing is labor-intensive and labor-intensive. Employees not only need to bear huge pressure, but also have low work efficiency. The handling robot can carry out efficient classification and handling based on the characteristics of the objects being handled and the places where the objects are classified, while maintaining the shape and properties of the objects unchanged, so that the packing equipment can complete the palletizing task of hundreds of pieces per hour. It plays an extremely important role in loading and unloading materials on the production line and handling of containers.

2. Application in welding

Welding robots are mainly responsible for welding work. Different industrial types have different industrial needs, so common welding robots include spot welding robots, arc welding robots, laser robots, etc. The automobile manufacturing industry is the industry where welding robots are most widely used. They have unparalleled advantages over manual welding in terms of welding difficulty, welding quantity, welding quality, etc.

3. Application in assembly

In industrial production, the assembly of parts is a huge project that requires a lot of labor. The previous manual assembly was gradually replaced by industrial robots due to its high error rate and low efficiency. The research and development of assembly robots combines a variety of technologies, including communication technology, automatic control, optical principles, microelectronics technology, etc. R&D personnel write appropriate programs based on the assembly process and apply them to specific assembly work. The biggest feature of the assembly robot is its high installation accuracy, great flexibility and high durability. Because the assembly work is complex and delicate, we use assembly robots to install electronic parts and fine automotive parts.

4. Application in the field

Robots have multi-dimensional additional functions. They can replace workers in special positions, such as detection in high-risk areas such as nuclear contaminated areas, toxic areas, nuclear contaminated areas, and high-risk unknown areas. They can also be used in places that humans cannot reach, such as detection of diseased parts of patients, detection of industrial defects, and detection of life at earthquake relief sites.

Since the national plan of "Made in China 2025", "machine replacement" has been in full swing. With the outbreak of the epidemic in 2020, robots have grown against the trend. In the market, a large number of industrial robots and automation- related positions have been created , and relevant talents are in urgent need. Therefore, the intelligent manufacturing industry has also set off a learning boom, and job salaries are also rising.

According to the data provided by Zhiyouji, there are 16,465 job vacancies for industrial robots nationwide, far exceeding expectations. The remuneration is much higher than that of traditional manufacturing jobs. 70% of industrial robot applications have a monthly salary of more than 10,000 yuan , of which 35% have a monthly salary of more than 25,000 yuan .

Editor: Huang Fei