Review of manipulator devices with a lifting capacity of up to seven kilograms

The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) identifies the five key trends for 2024; two of them are directly related to the manipulators and include expansion of the collaborative manipulators scope and the mobile manipulators. Collaborative robots (cobots) are the intelligent devices designed to operate together with a human. Unlike the industrial robots, they are designed in such a way as not to endanger the people nearby. The paper considers small manipulators that could safely operate next to a human, as they are equipped with sensors that stop the manipulator upon contact with a foreign object. These devices could also be installed on the small mobile platforms to ensure performance of tasks such as the object displacement, technical maintenance, monitoring, welding, and the other routine tasks. The paper analyzes operation of seven manipulators from various manufacturers originating in Belarus, Russia, Japan, Germany, and China. The data are obtained from the articles and the open sources. The paper compares the research results. It proposes a classification of the manipulators based on the varying parameters.
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