Several companies created promising concepts that would inspire future roboticists. Robots populated many industrial sectors and were used for a wide variety of activities: painting, soldering, moving, assembling, etc.Д«y the end of the 90s, companies started thinking about robots beyondВ the industrial sphere. The robots created between 19 belong to what we call the third generation of robots: robots that were re-programmable and included dedicated controllers. Key technologies appeared within these years: General internet access was extended in 1980 Ethernet became a standard in 1983 (IEEE 802.3) the Linux kernel was announced in 1991 and soon after that real-time patches started appearing on top of Linux. Sales of industrial robots grew 80% above the previous yearsвЂ™. Billions of dollars were invested by companies all around to world to automate basic tasks in their assembly lines. Many consider that the Era of Robots started in 1980. Worldwide industrial robots: Era of the robots Industrial players worldwideВ were attracted by the advantage that robots promised. Relevant investments were observed during this period. These robots were able to react to their environment and offer responses that met varying scenarios. Starting in1968, a second generation of robots emerged thatВ integrated sensors. Sensors were not typically included in robots until the 70вЂ™s. This motivated other companies and research centers to actively dedicate resources to robotics, which boosted growth in the field. UNIMATE helped improve industrial production at the time. WhatвЂ™s the origin of robots? To figure it out weвЂ™ll need to go back quite a few decades to when different conflicts motivated the technological growth that eventually enabled companies to build the first digitally controlled mechanical arms.В One of the first and well documented robots was UNIMATE (considered by many the first industrial robot): a programmable machine funded by General Motors, used to create a production line with only robots.

Autel robotics news for september 2017