Possible Use of Industrial Robots for Handling Operations in Transport and Logistics

Current trends in the industrial or any other economic sector is to mechanize and gradually to automate individual procedures through the use of various technologies. The purpose of this is to minimize strenuous human labour and eliminate human error. Robotic automation can be effectively used in material handling operations, whether it is a logistics warehouse operation or a transport loading operation. This article deals with the characteristics of different types of industrial robots. It compares the different types of robots in terms of their appropriate application and consequently defines the requirements for those robots that can be applied in handling operations in transport and logistics.