News editors obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors:“As the usage of robots in industrial settings continue to increase, a challenge of creating robots that can operate within washdown and dusty environments is slowly being met by robot manufacturers. Manymanufacturers now have robots that can withstand washdown cycles encountered in food plants and thatcan be protected against dust in dusty environments. However, one remaining part of a manufacturingsystem that is not presently protected is the robot controller. Industrial robots utilize a separate robotcontroller to run the robot. The separate robot controller is where electronics for controlling movement ofthe industrial robot and for sensing and vision of the industrial robot, among other things, occurs.”
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