Question - What are the components of a robot?
Answer -
There are the basic components of a robot which are given below:
- Power supply- Power supply is the main components for the run of any device or machine. So a robot also takes energy from the power supply to perform a task. It can be provided from the batteries, hydraulic, solar power or pneumatic power sources.
- Actuators- Actuators are the devices which convert energy into movement.
- Electric motors (DC/AC) - Motors are used to convert electrical energy into mechanical energy. Most of the robots used these motors to provide various type of movements to their parts. Brushless and brushed DC motors used in portable the robots and AC motors used in industrial the robots.
- Sensors- Sensors are used to sense the changes in surrounding and produce a signal. Hence the robots are also equipped with the various types of sensors to detect the environment and responded accordingly.
- Controller- Controller is the brain of a robot, which controls and co-ordinate with all parts of the robot. And with the help of the controller, the robot can perform all the assigned task. A Microprocessor is a core part of the controller, which takes various signals as Input and generate a corresponding output signal.