Digital Factory

Robotics

The interdisciplinary field involving design, construction, operation, and use of robots for automating tasks.

Industrial Robot

A programmable mechanical device used in manufacturing for tasks like welding, painting, assembly, and material handling.

Collaborative Robot

A robot designed to work alongside humans in a shared workspace, equipped with safety features.

Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping

A computational technique where a robot builds a map of an unknown environment while tracking its own location.

Kinematics

The study of motion without considering forces, used in robotics for calculating joint positions and movements.

Inverse Kinematics

Computing the joint parameters needed to place a robot's end effector at a desired position and orientation.

End Effector

The device at the end of a robotic arm designed to interact with the environment, such as grippers or tools.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent parameters that define a robot's configuration and range of motion.

Soft Robotics

A subfield of robotics dealing with constructing robots from highly compliant materials similar to biological organisms.

Surgical Robot

A robotic system designed to assist surgeons in performing precise, minimally invasive surgical procedures.

Agricultural Robot

A robot designed for agricultural applications including planting, harvesting, monitoring, and soil analysis.

Warehouse Automation

Using robots and automated systems to manage inventory, pick orders, and optimise warehouse operations.

A robot that performs useful tasks for humans, operating semi or fully autonomously outside of industrial settings.

Combining process mining with robotic process automation to discover and automate business processes.

Systems that monitor robot speed, position, and force to ensure safe operation near humans.

A robot designed to resemble the human body in shape and movement capabilities.

The computational problem of finding a route between two points while avoiding obstacles.

A robot that can navigate and perform tasks in its environment without human guidance.

An unmanned aerial vehicle operated remotely or autonomously for applications like surveillance, delivery, and mapping.

A fully automated manufacturing process that requires no human presence on the factory floor.