Editing Robot (section)

=== Industrial robots (manipulating) ===
{{Main|Industrial robot|Manipulator (device)}}
[[File:Automation of foundry with robot.jpg|thumb|left|A pick and place robot in a factory]]

Industrial robots usually consist of a [[jointed arm]] (multi-linked manipulator) and an [[robot end effector|end effector]] that is attached to a fixed surface. One of the most common type of end effector is a [[Robot end effector|gripper]] assembly.

<!--''This keeps getting added onto the next sentence. DO NOT confuse the issue – the def in the next sentence is not general for "robot":'' It is difficult to compare numbers of robots in different countries as there are different definitions of what a "robot" is. -->The [[International Organization for Standardization]] gives a definition of a <!-- Please refrain from removing the "industrial" from this sentence. The def in ISO 8373 clearly states "Manipulating industrial robots -- Vocabulary"  --> manipulating industrial robot in [[ISO 8373]]:

"an automatically controlled, reprogrammable, multipurpose, manipulator programmable in three or more axes, which may be either fixed in place or mobile for use in industrial automation applications."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dira.dk/pdf/robotdef.pdf |title=Definition of a robot|publisher=Dansk Robot Forening|access-date=10 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070628064010/http://www.dira.dk/pdf/robotdef.pdf |archive-date=28 June 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

This definition is used by the [[International Federation of Robotics]], the European Robotics Research Network (EURON) and many national standards committees.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.euron.org/resources/standards.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060617082835/http://www.euron.org/resources/standards.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 June 2006 |title=Robotics-related Standards Sites |publisher=European Robotics Research Network |access-date=15 July 2008 }}</ref>

The industrial robots in food and drink processing plants are used for tasks such as feeding machines, packaging, and palletizing, which have replaced many manual, physical tasks. The complexity of digital skills required by workers varies depending on the level of automation and the specific tasks involved.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lloyd |first=Caroline |last2=Payne |first2=Jonathan |date=November 2023 |title=Digital skills in context: Working with robots in lower-skilled jobs |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0143831X221111416 |journal=Economic and Industrial Democracy |volume=44 |issue=4 |pages=1084–1104 |doi=10.1177/0143831X221111416 |issn=0143-831X|hdl=2086/21987 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> <!-- See talk page as RIofA is in disute: The Robotics Institute of America (RIA) uses a broader definition: a robot is a "re-programmable multi-functional manipulator designed to move materials, parts, tools, or specialized devices through variable programmed motions for the performance of a variety of tasks."<ref name="Lee 2005" />  The RIA subdivides robots into four classes: devices that manipulate objects with manual control, automated devices that manipulate objects with predetermined cycles, programmable and servo-controlled robots with continuous point-to-point trajectories, and robots of this last type which also acquire information from the environment and move intelligently in response. -->