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Search Results for: cartesian robot

Three important design considerations for Cartesian robots

July 3, 2020 By Danielle Collins 1 Comment

Cartesian robots

If your application calls for a Cartesian robot, you have a wide variety of options, depending on the level of  integration you want to undertake. And although pre-engineered Cartesian robots are becoming more widely adopted as manufacturers expand their product ranges to fit a broader scope of performance criteria, some applications still necessitate building your own […]

Filed Under: Applications, FAQs + basics, Featured, Integrated Linear Systems

Motion Trends: Stages, Cartesian robots, and tables for complete motion designs

February 27, 2019 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

New trends in multi-axis motion designs abound. Consider the rise of metrology reports to accompany designs — which serve as “birth certificates” in the form of well-informed simulation models and Excel spreadsheets that quantify the accuracy and capabilities of pre-engineered builds. In some cases, such reports give OEMs and end users accurate data on how […]

Filed Under: Applications, Featured, Integrated Linear Systems, Stages + gantries Tagged With: physikinstrumente

What is a Cartesian robot?

October 5, 2018 By Danielle Collins 6 Comments

Cartesian robot

We’ve written several articles on this site about Cartesian robots, but let’s take a step back and define exactly what makes a robot a Cartesian robot, as opposed to another type of robot or multi-axis system.  First, a Cartesian system is one that moves in three, orthogonal axes — X, Y, and Z — according to […]

Filed Under: FAQs + basics, Featured, Integrated Linear Systems, Stages + gantries

Things are moving at ATX West 2016: Rollon in Cartesian robots

February 10, 2016 By Danielle Collins 2 Comments

Motion Box

There are plenty of robot exhibitors at the ATX West tradeshow in Anaheim, Calif., this week, showing off everything from 6-axis robots that nearly reach the exhibit hall ceiling to SCARA robots assembling miniature medical devices. But there’s a new entrant into the robot space this year, and their aim seems to be to make robots—Cartesian robots, specifically—more […]

Filed Under: Ball + lead + roller screws, Ball + leadscrew driven, Industry news, Linear actuators (all), Linear bearings, Linear drives (all), Stages + gantries Tagged With: rollon

Tips for selecting pre-engineered Cartesian robots

December 21, 2015 By Danielle Collins 1 Comment

Cartesian robots

Cartesian robots operate in two or three axes along the Cartesian coordinate system of X, Y, and Z. While SCARA and 6-axis robots are more widely recognized, Cartesian systems can be found in nearly every industrial application imaginable, from semiconductor manufacturing to woodworking equipment. And it’s no surprise that Cartesians are so widely deployed. They’re […]

Filed Under: Ball + leadscrew driven, Belt + chain driven, Linear actuators (all), Linear motors Tagged With: Cartesian robot, robot

Switching from robot systems to Cartesian handling systems

November 7, 2014 By Editor 2 Comments

Festo-3d-Gantry

By Jörg Tertünte and Lisa Endrijaitis, Festo Marketing Concepts The trend in conventional linear and rotational applications is moving away from robots to energy-efficient and cost-optimized systems, as manufacturers often don’t require all the functions, large sizes and degrees of freedom robots provide. Although considered an industrial robot by DIN standards, Cartesian handling systems offer […]

Filed Under: Slides + guides (all), Stages + gantries Tagged With: festo

Linear motion in medical applications: Piezo motors for liquid handling robots

June 5, 2020 By Danielle Collins Leave a Comment

automated liquid handling

Piezo motors and actuators are used in a variety of medical applications, including liquid handling robots for laboratory testing and diagnostics, drug discovery, and biotechnology.  Liquid handling functions in the medical industry have traditionally been done manually by laboratory personnel. But consistency and accuracy are difficult to ensure with manual methods, since variations between technicians […]

Filed Under: Applications, FAQs + basics, Featured, Mini + piezo + voice coil

Linear “lineup” impressive for Robotic Summit in June: Attend for technology insights

May 15, 2019 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Robots aren’t all humanoid and SCARA; some take the form of linear-motion arrangements. In fact, we’ve covered how Cartesian arrangements in particular offer better energy efficiency and price points than more stereotypical robotic arrangements. You’ll get copious amount of information on such linear designs and technologies at the 2019 Robotics Summit (on commercial-robotics design, development, […]

Filed Under: ASRS, Featured, Industry news, Integrated Linear Systems, Linear drives (all), Slides + guides (all), Stages + gantries Tagged With: macrondynamics, SICK, THK

What are hexapod robots (also referred to as Stewart platforms)?

October 12, 2018 By Danielle Collins Leave a Comment

hexapod robots

Multi-axis systems can be designed and built with either serial kinematics or parallel kinematics. In systems built on the principle of serial kinematics, one axis sits on top of another axis, and each axis is driven individually, independent of the others. Cartesian robots are a good example of serial kinematic design. In parallel kinematic systems, multiple axes […]

Filed Under: FAQs + basics, Featured, Integrated Linear Systems

XY tables: How do they differ from Cartesian and gantry systems?

August 17, 2017 By Danielle Collins 4 Comments

XY Tables

There are many ways to build linear systems for motion in the X, Y, and/or Z directions – also known as Cartesian coordinates. The terms we generally use to refer to these systems depend on how the axes are assembled, where the load is positioned, and to some extent, what type of use the system […]

Filed Under: FAQs + basics, Featured, Integrated Linear Systems, Stages + gantries

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