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The document outlines the study of industrial robotics, focusing on sensors and actuators. It defines industrial robots and categorizes sensors into external and internal types, detailing their functions and desirable features. Additionally, it describes actuators as components that provide motion to robot joints and emphasizes the importance of precision, accuracy, and reliability in sensor design.

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06_Automation Practical No. 06

The document outlines the study of industrial robotics, focusing on sensors and actuators. It defines industrial robots and categorizes sensors into external and internal types, detailing their functions and desirable features. Additionally, it describes actuators as components that provide motion to robot joints and emphasizes the importance of precision, accuracy, and reliability in sensor design.

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Automation Practical No:- 06

AIM: - Study and report on Industrial Robotics: Sensors and Actuators.


Industrial Robot:
“A reprogrammable, multifunctional manipulator designed to move material, parts, tools, or
specialized devices through various programmed motions for the performance of a variety of
tasks.”
Types of Robot Sensors:
A device which detects or measures a physical property and records, indicates, or otherwise
responds to it.

Scheme of Robot Sensors:

Fig. 7.1 Scheme of Robot Sensors

Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRICT


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External sensors include CCD camera, Force / Torque Sensors, Proximity Sensor and various
tactile sensors to acquire knowledge or get information from the environment.
Internal sensors may include Encoders, Tachometers, Force / Torque Transducer, Electrical
and Optical devices that transfer information about position speed and articulations of the
manipulator to interact with the environment.
Types of Robot Actuators:
An actuator is a component of a robot that is responsible for moving or controlling a
mechanism or system. Actuators are the devices which provide the actual motive force for the
manipulator joints of the robots.

Desirable Features for Sensors & Transducers:


Precision: It should be as high as possible and deviation in the measurement of reading should
minimum.
Accuracy: It should as high as possible, error between sensed value and actual value should
approach zero.
Speed of Response: Time taken to respond to variation should be minimum and response
should be instantaneous.
Operating Range: It should be wide and accuracy over the range to be acceptable.
Reliability: The lifts to be high and frequent failure are not acceptable.
Cost and Ease: The cost of purchase should be low. The installation and operation should be
easy and less costly.

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Calibration: It should be easy to calibrate and drift to be minimum. It should take less time to
calibrate without much trouble.

Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRICT


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