What is the difference between an industrial robot and a cobot?

An industrial robot is a caged, high-speed, high-payload arm governed by ISO 10218; a collaborative robot (cobot) is built to share a workspace safely with people under ISO/TS 15066. DEPLOY tracks both under manufacturing robots.

What are the types of manufacturing robots?

By mechanism the main types are articulated arms, SCARA, cartesian, delta, and cylindrical robots; by collaboration mode they split into caged industrial robots and collaborative robots (cobots). DEPLOY tracks both.

Are cobots replacing industrial robots?

No. Cobots complement industrial robots rather than replace them: cobots suit lower-payload, human-adjacent tasks, while caged industrial arms still dominate high-speed, high-payload work. Most factories run both.

What are manufacturing robots used for?

Manufacturing robots run production tasks: welding, assembly, material handling, machine tending, and pick-and-place on factory and assembly lines.

Manufacturing robots

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Manufacturing robots run production: caged industrial arms (ISO 10218) for high-speed, high-payload work and collaborative robots (cobots, ISO/TS 15066) built to share a workspace with people. This is the industry view spanning both. DEPLOY keeps the two distinct on their own form-factor pages but aggregates them here by the work they do.

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What is the difference between an industrial robot and a cobot?: An industrial robot is a caged, high-speed, high-payload arm governed by ISO 10218; a collaborative robot (cobot) is built to share a workspace safely with people under ISO/TS 15066. DEPLOY tracks both under manufacturing robots.
What are the types of manufacturing robots?: By mechanism the main types are articulated arms, SCARA, cartesian, delta, and cylindrical robots; by collaboration mode they split into caged industrial robots and collaborative robots (cobots). DEPLOY tracks both.
Are cobots replacing industrial robots?: No. Cobots complement industrial robots rather than replace them: cobots suit lower-payload, human-adjacent tasks, while caged industrial arms still dominate high-speed, high-payload work. Most factories run both.
What are manufacturing robots used for?: Manufacturing robots run production tasks: welding, assembly, material handling, machine tending, and pick-and-place on factory and assembly lines.

Manufacturing robots

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