In 1969, Victor Scheinman invented the Stanford arm, the first all-electric, six-axis articulated robot — the predecessor of the robot arms that we use today. Here, EU Automation's Jonathan Wilkins discusses three ways that robots have diversified in the five decades since.
With more than 384,000 industrial robots installed globally in 2018, according to the International Federation of Robotics, robots are growing in popularity. In fact, they have become ubiquitous in industrial facilities and they’re not just used for the applications you’d expect. Thick skins One innovation in the field of robotics is an electronic skin that…
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