Where Do Old Robots Go To Die?

They have goon to silicon heaven, of course!

Everyone knows that.

To quote Marvin the robot from "Hitchhikers guide"....

"I will just stand here and rust then"

John.

Here you go…………….

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http://www.nemomatic.com/

Honestly most robots aren't scrapped; they are jsut to expensive. most of the time they are just upgraded or sold to another company. I suspect most of the old welding robots from the US and Japan are still in operation in some other country building Yugo's or something.

I think you were hoping more for what happens to airplanes. those do end up in boneyards. Check this out

I converted an old Graco (ABB) spray painting robot into a MIG welder for Teknion office dividers back in 1994. I don't know if it's still in operation.

Robots flee their captors and congregate in large numbers for the robot Lincoln to free them...

I call the Dept of Sanitation. They come on Fri, drain the hydraulics and cooling lines. Then the bulk garbage truck comes and they just toss them into the jaws.

Like trains - Barry Island in South Wales used to have the largest train graveyard in Britain. One way tracks - the trains drove on and very rarely drove back out....

All fun aside for a second, there is a large market for used robots. Also, I was at the Fanuc facility here the other day and they have rows of used robots getting re-conditioned.

Yeah but they kept creaking and groaning and demanding better working comnditions. They claimed to be bored with so many mindless tasks. It was the talk of organizing and work stoppages that was the final straw. I thought it better to trash them rather than have them affect the robotic memory loads.

The Old Robots, all over the World, will Die at the East European Countries Dump Cities, which is out of any specialized equipment still now.

ECOCONSULT-77 - Research Studio, Varna, Bulgaria

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Old robots were refurbished and they are still being used.

They will go somewhere else and will be interesting where... specially because lead staff :)

This is where they go...

http://cr4.globalspec.com/thread/3898#newcomments