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Safety and Health
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Industrial robots are programmable multifunctional
mechanical devices designed to move material, parts, tools, or specialized
devices through variable programmed motions to perform a variety of
tasks. Robots are generally used to perform unsafe, hazardous, highly
repetitive, and unpleasant tasks. They have many different functions
such as material handling, assembly, welding, machine tool load and
unload functions, painting, spraying, and so forth.
Studies indicate that many robot accidents do not occur under normal
operating conditions. Instead during programming, program touch-up
or refinement, maintenance, repair, testing, setup, or adjustment.
During many of these operations the operator, programmer, or corrective
maintenance worker may temporarily be within the robot's working envelope
where unintended operations could result in injuries. The following
commonly asked questions link to the resources that provide information
about robotics.
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