There are two popular
types of industrial welding robots. The two are articulating robots and
rectilinear robots. Robotics control the movement of a rotating wrist in
space. A description of some of these welding robots are described below:
Rectilinear robots move
in line in any of three axes (X, Y, Z). In addition to linear movement of
the robot along axes there is a wrist attached to the robot to allow rotational
movement. This creates a robotic working zone that is box shaped.
Articulating robots employ
arms and rotating joints. These robots move like a human arm with a
rotating wrist at the end. This creates an irregularly shaped robotic
working zone.