2.2.4 Compare between the Selective Compliance Assembly Robot Arm (SCARA) and the Arm/ Articulate robot

 SCARA robots - Selective Compliant Assembly Robot Arm

 

•       two parallel rotary joints to allow full movement throughout a plane

•       Typically for pick-and-place work. 

VIDEO: SCARA robot in Action!!!

 

Articulated robots/ARM

•       used for complex assembly operations

•       three or more rotary joints 

Figure:Arm Robot

VIDEO: ARM robot in Action!!

(Source:http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Robotics/Types_of_Robots/Arms)

 

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