What is the difference between a four-axis robot and a six-axis robot?

Robots are becoming more and more common around us. Which robots do you know? Today, let's talk about choosing the most popular four-axis robots and six-axis robots and the difference between them.

Four-axis robot is a kind of industrial robot, mainly adopts four-axis design, compact shape, small size, light weight, and can complete stable handling and welding. The four-axis stamping robot can flexibly carry out stamping operations in a narrow space, and the installation and debugging are simple and convenient.

The first two joints of an industrial robot can rotate freely from side to side on a horizontal plane. The third joint consists of a metal rod called a quill and a gripper. The metal rod can move up and down in the vertical plane or rotate around its vertical axis, but cannot tilt. This unique design gives four-axis robots great rigidity, which makes them competent for high-speed and highly repetitive work. In packaging applications, four-axis robots excel at high-speed pick-and-place and other material handling tasks.

A six-axis robot has two more joints than a four-axis robot and therefore has more "freedom of action." The first joint of the six-axis robot can rotate freely in the horizontal plane like the four-axis robot, and the last two joints can move in the vertical plane. In addition, the six-axis robot has one "arm" and two "wrist" joints, which gives it similar capabilities to a human arm and wrist.

The greater number of joints in six-axis robots means they can pick up parts facing any direction on the horizontal plane and place them into packaged products at a special Angle. They can also perform many operations that can only be done by skilled workers.

Does this give you a deeper understanding of the robot? Although four-axis robots and six-axis robots are very different in manufacturing, there are still many similarities for our human services.