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US Industrial Robot Installations 2025: What the Numbers Mean — and What They Don't
US industrial robot installations reached 38,000 units in 2025, an 11% year-on-year increase (IFR preliminary data, released June 18, 2026). The food and beverage sector showed the strongest growth rate ...
ByAIsirRobot Research Team
2026-09-02
Overground vs Treadmill Gait Rehabilitation Robots: What Procurement Teams Need to Know
Gait rehabilitation robots help patients with neurological conditions — stroke, spinal cord injury (SCI), multiple sclerosis (MS), and other disorders — regain or improve walking ability. Two architectural approaches dominate ...
ByAIsirRobot Research Team
2026-09-02
Robot Repeatability vs Accuracy vs Resolution: Which Spec Matters for Your Application
Robot datasheets quote a single number for “accuracy” — typically something like ±0.02 mm or ±0.05 mm. Most robot datasheets prominently quote repeatability, while absolute positioning accuracy may be absent ...
ByAIsirRobot Research Team
2026-09-02
2D vs 3D Robot Vision: Matching the Vision System to the Task
Robot vision is not one technology — it is a category that spans from simple presence detection to full 3D bin picking. The gap between what a 2D system can ...
ByAIsirRobot Research Team
2026-09-02
Welding Seam Tracking: Touch Sensing vs Through-Arc vs Vision — What Each Method Actually Does
Robot welding systems often claim “seam tracking” as a feature. But the three technologies behind that claim — touch sensing, through-arc tracking, and vision-based tracking — do fundamentally different things. ...
ByAIsirRobot Research Team
2026-09-02
Mobile Manipulator vs AMR + Fixed Robot Arm: Which Architecture Fits Your Project
A mobile manipulator combines a robot arm with a mobile base — one system that drives to a location and performs manipulation. The alternative architecture pairs an AMR (autonomous mobile ...
ByAIsirRobot Research Team
2026-09-02
Drag Teaching vs Offline Programming: Choosing the Right Robot Programming Method
Robot programming is where a welding cell, pick-and-place station, or assembly line transitions from a mechanical installation to a working production system. The choice between drag teaching and offline programming ...
ByAIsirRobot Research Team
2026-09-02
Welding Positioners and External Axes: Why a Longer Robot Arm Is Often the Wrong Answer
When a welding robot cannot reach a joint at the correct angle, the instinctive response is to specify a robot with a longer reach. In many cases, this is the ...
ByAIsirRobot Research Team
2026-09-02
Autonomous Forklift Docking and Pallet Detection: What Buyers Need to Verify Before Deployment
Autonomous forklifts promise to eliminate the most repetitive part of warehouse labor — driving to a pallet, aligning forks, lifting, and reversing out. But the moment that separates a working ...
ByAIsirRobot Research Team
2026-09-02
Machine Tending Robot Cell Planning: Doors, Chucks, Part Presentation, Cycle Time, Inspection, and Recovery
A robot arm that can reach into a CNC machine is not the same as a machine-tending cell that runs reliably across shifts. The difference is everything between the arm ...
ByAIsirRobot Research Team
2026-09-02
AMR–WMS Integration Explained: Tasks, APIs, WCS, Fleet Managers, Status Callbacks, and Failure Points
A warehouse management system (WMS) that “has an API” is not the same as a warehouse where mobile robots automatically receive tasks, execute them, and report status back to the ...
ByAIsirRobot Research Team
2026-09-02
What “Unattended” Cleaning Really Requires: Charging, Water, Drainage, Elevators, and Exception Handling
A cleaning robot that navigates autonomously is not the same as a cleaning robot that operates unattended. The difference is not navigation — it is everything else the site must ...
ByAIsirRobot Research Team
2026-09-02