AUTOMATION & ROBOTICS


FROM FANTASY TO FACTORY FLOOR


Today’s sophisticated industrial robots embody millennia of imagination and decades of engineering effort


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ntelligent machines that help us do more  years. As early as the 8 century BCE,    


literature, brought superhuman strength, speed and repeatability to the automotive industry, 


EARLY INDUSTRIALISATION During this time, Yamaha had developed its  (CAME) to support motorcycle production. In contrast to those large welding robots,       the production technology group, as well as   


demonstrations presented at the Yamaha IM    components to printed circuit boards. This small, high-precision, programmable machine  mount placement machines. Even now, high-    deliver high speed, accuracy, repeatability     robots in their activities. The IM division continued to present new and more advanced concepts at exhibitions worldwide. As technological development     system. Since then, the division has delivered more and more robots to support production activities in an increasingly diverse selection  electrical appliances, transporting automotive  panels.


An early example of Yamaha’s Computer Aided Manufacturing Equipment (CAME)


For a while, activities ceased until the arrival      interest in industrial robots continuing to grow,       


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INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS TODAY   Industrial robots have evolved to become sophisticated and highly developed cartesian, SCARA, articulated and collaborative robots.  embody robot technology to deliver high-   alternative to conventional conveyors. The trend towards greater automation


    are now widely adopted to accelerate process cycle times and minimise errors, while end-   synchronisation between the individual processes. 


 vehicle batteries, which is ideally served by  


APRIL  FACTORY&HANDLINGSOLUTIONS


Robots have come a long way since the     and adopted by leading businesses and researchers. According to Fortune Business   


Yamaha www.yamaha-motor-robotics.eu


   assembly.


High-speed battery assembly and test solution with the Yamaha YK1200X SCARA robot





industrial robots to include smaller enterprises   series is one example. Yamaha extended the      production.


The YK-XEC clean SCARA robot


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