INDUSTRIAL ROBOT APPLICATIONS IN MANUFACTURING PROCESSES IN ASIA AND AUSTRALIA

In order to see the role of industrial robot in a manufacturing process and to see which manufacturing processes have the highest industrial robot application, industrial robot application in Asia/Australia has been analysed. Automation and modernization of a manufacturing process in any industrial branch is impossible without industrial robot application. In Asia, it has been known for years, and this paper will prove it. Annual and total industrial robot application has been analysed in the following manufacturing processes: handling material operations, welding, assembly, processing, dispensing and the other/undefined, where robots could not be classified in the manufacturing process. Industrial robot application of the leading Asian countries has been analysed, those with the developed industry and others with industry in the developing stages, where the automation and modernization of the manufacturing process is performed. This paper provides a comparative analysis of the industrial robot application in the last three years, at the annual level and the total number (operational stock) of the industrial robot applications. The percentage reference is given of the industrial robot applications in different industrial branches in 2010. It also provides the prediction analysis of the industrial robot applications in the following period till 2014.Original Abstract: Da bi smo vidjeli ulogu industrijskog robota u proizvodnom procesu, u kojim proizvodnim procesima je najveca primjena industrijskih robota, analizirali smo primjenu industrijskih robota u Aziji/Australiji. Automatizaciju i modernizaciju proizvodnog procesa u bilo kojoj industrijskoj grani nije moguce zamisliti bez upotrebe industrijskih robota, sto su shvatili prije toliko godina u Aziji, a sto ce pokazati i ova analiza. Godisnja i ukupna primjena industrijskih robota analizirana je u sljedecim proizvodnim procesima: operacije rukovanje materijalima, zavarivanje, montaza, obrade, pakovanje i ostalo/neodredeno gdje nismo robote mogli svrstati u proizvodni proces. Analizirana je primjena industrijskih robota u vodecim zemljama Azije, u kojima je razvijena industrija ili se razvija industrija te gdje se vrsi automatizacija i modernizacija proizvodnih procesa. U radu je data komparativana analiza u zadnje tri godine primjene industrijskih robota kako na godisnjoj razini tako i ukupni broj primjenjenih industrijskih robota. Dan je postotni omjer primjene industrijskih robota u raznim industrijskim