An industrial robot is a robot system used for manufacturing. Industrial robots are automated, programmable and capable of movement on three or more axes.
An articulated industrial robot operating in a foundry
A set of six-axis robots used for welding
Factory automation with industrial robots for palletizing food products like bread and toast at a bakery in Germany
A typical well-used teach pendant with optional mouse
A robot is a machine—especially one programmable by a computer—capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically. A robot can be guided by an external control device, or the control may be embedded within. Robots may be constructed to evoke human form, but most robots are task-performing machines, designed with an emphasis on stark functionality, rather than expressive aesthetics.
ASIMO (2000) at the Expo 2005
Articulated welding robots used in a factory are a type of industrial robot.
KITT (a fictional robot) is mentally anthropomorphic; it thinks like a human.
iCub is physically anthropomorphic; it looks like a human.