Robotics developments and industrial applications

Abstract comau , a Fiat Group Company, designs and builds machining systems and integrated, automatic metalworking assembly, welding, storage and handling installations. In this paper we describe the robots manufactured by comau: smart and mast families. The smart is a six axis, all-electric industrial robot. The smart applications are in spotwelding (the largest) and automatic unloading and loading. The mast is a family robot whose oustanding characteristic is modularity: the number and type of arms in the system can be tailored to the application. smart and mast family robots have the same Control System and the same high level language. As a special application a smart Laser has been developed by comau , which includes inside the mechanical parts the beam delivery system.