DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

ANDHRA PRADESH
Name : B. Balaji
Designation : HOD
Branch : Electronics & Instrumentation
Institute : Govt. Polytechnic for Minorities, Guntur.
Year/Semester : V - Semester
Subject : Process Control
Sub. Code : AEI - 504
Topic : ROBOT
Duration : 100 min
Sub Topic : Classification of ROBOT
Teaching Aids : Diagrams

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 Objectives

On completion of this topic, you would be able

to know the

• Classifications of Robot

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 Robots are classified as:

• Depending upon the “Degree of freedom”

• Depending upon Drive Technologies

• Depending upon type of application

• Depending upon the control the movement of the

end-effector

• Depending upon the type of End Effector

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 Depending upon the “Degree of
freedom”:
• Degree of freedom refers to the number of different ways in
which a robot arm can move.

• Generally the no. of joints equals the number of “degree of

freedom”

• Degree of freedom is usually same as the number of axes.

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• The following are some of the axes:

• Up/down

• Left/right

• Yaw

• Pitch

• Roll

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• Two axes are required to reach any point in a plane

• More no. of axes are required for full control and

orientation

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 Depending upon Drive Technologies:

• Three most popular drive technologies are

• Electric

• Hydraulic

• Pneumatic

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• Robotic manipulators use electric drives in the form of
either DC servo motors or DC stepper motors.

• In applications like spray painting where a spark could

set off an explosion ,hydraulic-drive robots are preferred.

• For gripping action generally pneumatic drive

technologies are used.

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Depending upon type of application:

• Domestic Robot

• Industrial Robot

• Intelligent Robot

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DOMESTIC ROBOT

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INDUSTRIAL ROBOT

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INTELLIGENT ROBOT

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Depending upon the control the movement
of the end-effect:

• Pick & place

• Point to point motion

• Continuous path motion

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PICK AND PLACE ROBOT

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 Pick and place robot

• The end effector will pick up the object & place the

material at a point.

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 Point to point motion robot

• End effector moves to a sequence of discrete points in

the work space. This type of motion is used for

operations which are discrete in nature

• Ex : spot welding

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 Point to point motion
Z
(Destination)

(Source)
X

Y
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 Continuous Motion:

• End effector must follow the prescribed path in three

dimensional space.

Ex : arc welding

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 Continuous motion
Z

(Destination)

(Source)

Y
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 Depending upon the type of end effector:

• The most essential robot peripheral is the end effector

• The end effector is used to hold the tools like welding

torch, drilling tool, paint gun etc.

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 Summary

In this period, you have learnt about

• Classifications of ROBOT

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 Quiz
• The Robot used the following drive technologies

a) Electric

b) Hydraulic

c) Pneumatic

d) All the above

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 Frequently asked Question

• Discuss the classifications of ROBOT ?

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