robot arms
Automated factory appendages
Robot arms are mechanical limbs designed to perform tasks typically done by human arms—gripping, lifting, welding, assembling.
Industrial robot arms dominate factory floors, while surgical robot arms allow doctors precise control during operations.
The term also describes prosthetic limbs with robotic components: She was fitted with a robot arm after the accident.
- manipulatorOne who controls cunningly
- gripperDevice that grasps firmly
- actuatorDevice producing controlled motion
- servoSelf-regulating motor
- jointShared by multiple parties
degrees of freedom · hydraulic · pneumatic · assembly · welding · factory · automation · assembly line · precision · mechanical · articulated · grab and go · torque · wrist · elbow · range of motion · reach · payload
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- Space roboticsMars rovers, rovers, space probes, Curiosity, Perseverance
- factory automationindustrial automation, automating, factory robots, assembly line, industrial robots
- Robotics CompetitionsBattleBots, humanoid robots, Worlds, regionals, elimination rounds
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robot armsmanual labor
Work done bodily
handwork · craftwork · handiwork · assembly line workers · manual dexterity
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