3. Designing linear motion tracks for robotic positioning
Robot positioning systems are long tracks—typically used in warehouse, aerospace, and automotive facilities—that allow one robot to perform multiple tasks. Also called robot-transfer units or RTUs, these motion designs are increasingly common for assembly, large-scale welding, and warehousing. In contrast with typical setups in which a robot bolts to a floor, RTUs move robots through work-cells and factories and shuttle them between stations.
The biggest challenge to engineering RTUs is programming them to synchronize with the articulation of the robot arms they carry. The second-biggest challenge is getting them to maintain accurate linear motion over many meters.
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