%0 Journal Article %T ROBOTICS IN THE NEW ERA ¨C CHALLENGES ON ROBOT DESIGN %A STRUIJK %A Bob %J Debreceni M£¿szaki K£¿zlem¨¦nyek %D 2011 %I University of Debrecen %X The way robot design has evolved the recent years depends on their base design, with its strengths and flows as well as the need for use of them in new applications. A various number of factors can be investigated:-The position of industrial robots in their natural Product Life Cycle.-Innovations that drive new growth-The need for flexibility and modularity-Adaptation in sectors with high manual labor contentCurrent approach and views toward robots and automation will provide the basis for future development of industrial robots and linked sectors such as aerospace and medical sector, among others. %K industrial robots %K parallel-link %K delta robot %K light weight robot %K medical robots %K aerospace manufacturing %U http://www.eng.unideb.hu/userdir/dmk/docs/20113/11_3_03.pdf