Linear Robots
On a linear (or cartesian) robot, each axis is a linear drive. Commonly there are three axes - axis 1 being a linear 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 ranging from 6kg to 300kg and with working areas of up to 15m by 2m. Linear robots are commonly fitted with a rotating head, allowing orientation of parts in the horizontal plane. The modular design of the robots also means that linear robots can be combined with articulating robot parts to produce combined kinematics robots and used with additional axes such as turntables.
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