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Citation
Mytum-Smithson, J. (2006), "Web sites", Industrial Robot, Vol. 33 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/ir.2006.04933eag.001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2006, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Web sites
Keywords: Automative industry, Internet
This is the web site of CyberWeld, a welding systems and support company. They state that they are “providing our customers with robotic and automatic welding solutions”. It is an up to date web site easy to navigate due to its straight forward layout. Details of all of CyberWeld's recently completed projects, with a description of the work entailed and some pictures of the completed work are included in the projects section including web links to the appropriate company. The videos are a nice addition to this web site.
A nice downloadable pdf version of industrial robot and related equipment suppliers is available from this web link. All these companies are affiliated with the International Federation of Robotics and have provided information regarding their activities.
This web site has a few annoying “Google ads” but apart from that there is quite a bit of information that could be useful to anyone involved in the industrial robot sector. The industrial robot section in the robotics production section is divided into application process or robot configuration; here the products relating to the application or robot type are demonstrated. Links to appropriate web sites provide useful further information.
Robot Suppliers are listed in either area or alphabetical order.
The robotics courses section provides some useful background information to those needing an introduction to robotics, the glossary should also provided information by those who are confused by all the acronyms and descriptions used with the industry.
The robot development section has a few nice articles linking to the source materials so that you may research that particular area further.
The sections on service robots and fun and training robots should also provide interesting to some readers.
FANUC Robotics has over 155,000 industrial robots installed worldwide this is their comprehensive web site containing all you need to know about their products. Datasheets, videos and information about their robot models are available to download making this a useful web site to visit for users or potential users of FANUC equipment. Robots in the automotive section are sub divided into assembly robots, machine tending/part transfer robots, spot welding robots, arc welding robots, laser processing robots, cut/grind/ deburr/polish robots, waterjet cut/ router robots, painting robots and finally dispensing robots.
Jessica Mytum-Smithson