工业机器人是面向工业领域的多关节机械手或多自由度的机器人。它可以接受人类指挥，也可以按照预先编排的程序运行，现代的工业机器人还可以根据人工智能技术制定的原则纲领行动。
∷应用领域
工业机器人在工业生产中能代替人做某些单调、频繁和重复的长时间作业，或是危险、恶劣环境下的作业，例如在冲压、压力铸造、热处理、焊接、涂装、塑料制品成形、机械加工和简单装配等工序上，以及在原子能工业等部门中，完成对人体有害物料的搬运或工艺操作。

In the field of industrial robot is an industrial multijoint manipulator or more degrees of freedom robot. It can accept human command, also can be run in accordance with the procedure arrangement in advance, the modern industrial robot can also according to the principle of artificial intelligence technology make
program action.
∷ Application
Areas of application: industrial robots can replace human in the industrial production to do some drab,frequent and repeated operation for a long time, or dangerous homework, poor environment, such as stamping, casting, heat treatment, welding, coating, plastic forming, machining, and simple assembly process, and the atomic energy industry and otherdepartments, complete the harmful material handling or process operations.