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SCARA ROBOTS

Selective Compliance Assembly Robot Arm

The Basics

The End

Job Opportunities

  • SCARA robots take away jobs from factory workers
  • They offer jobs creating the robots and programming them

The SCARA robot could be improved by:

  • Adding more joints
  • Have it do multiple tasks

Where is it used?

Joints and Sensors

  • SCARA stands for Selective Compliance Assembly Robot Arm
  • This robot is used for assembly and precision work
  • SCARA robots are used in factories, assembling items faster and more precisely than people
  • SCARA robots are used in factories, they can be used to assemble many things. Some examples are:
  • Assembling automobiles
  • Making hard drives
  • Assembling medical equipment
  • packaging cookies
  • There is more than one model of SCARA, and the amount of joints vary by model.
  • Most models have around 2 or 3 joints
  • SCARA robots are often called "pick and place robots"
  • You pre-program the robot by using a computer program

Advantages and Disadvantages

Advantages:

  • Produces more of the item
  • Is much more precise
  • Produces the item faster
  • Takes up less space

Disadvantages:

  • Can be costly
  • Takes away jobs from factory workers

Impact SCARA has:

  • Most factories are now using robots on the production lines.
  • Robots are taking away jobs from people on the production lines, how ever, they open job opportunities programming the robots
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