Linear Robots

On a linear (or cartesian) robot, each axis is a linear drive. Commonly there are three axes - axis 1 being one or two linears track mounted over the working area on support pillars, axis 2 providing forward and backward motion perpendicular to axis 1 and axis 3 providing up and down motion.

Linear robots generally provide a more cost effective solution than articulating robots where only simple manipulation of parts or tools is required. They can also work over a large area. They are ideally suited to handling and palletising applications.

Olympus can supply linear robots with payloads up to 600kg and with working areas of up to 45m by 2m on single track linear robots and 45m by 6m on gantry style linear robots. A range of alternative axis configurations are available including 2 axis variants (1 & 2 or 1 & 3), telescopic axis 3 (for installations with limited headroom) and cantilever arm type (for installations with limited space behind axis 1) where axis 2 is a carriage which traverses along a fixed cantilevered arm mounted to axis 1.

Linear robots are commonly fitted with rotating hand axes, allowing orientation of parts. The modular design of the robots also means that linear axes can be combined with articulating robot parts to produce combined kinematics robots and used with additional axes such as turntables.

Reis robot brochure (pdf):

• RL series vertical articulating robot