{"id":3141,"date":"2019-04-11T08:52:50","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T08:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/media\/robot-joints\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T11:08:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T11:08:26","slug":"robot-joints","status":"publish","type":"novanta_media_lib","link":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/media\/robot-joints\/","title":{"rendered":"Robot Joints"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"hero alignfull hero--wide hero--medium has-overlay has-overlay-dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hero__image-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"322\" src=\"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/Robot-Joints-1.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=575\" class=\"attachment-design-max size-design-max\" alt=\"Robot Joints\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/Robot-Joints-1.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all 575w, https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/Robot-Joints-1.jpg?resize=320%2C179&amp;quality=85&amp;strip=all 320w, https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/Robot-Joints-1.jpg?resize=400%2C224&amp;quality=85&amp;strip=all 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\n<div class=\"hero__content hero__content--vertical-align-bottom\" style=\"--one-novanta-hero-pre-heading-acent-line-color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary)\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__content-wrap has-medium-font-size has-heading-font-family\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__heading line-expanding has-display-font-size\">\n\t\t\tRobot Joints\t\t<\/h1>\n\n\t\t<p><\/p>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-robot-joints\">Robot Joints<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As robotic machines become more sophisticated and gain popularity in the industrial, commercial, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celeramotion.com\/applications\/medical\/\">medical<\/a> markets, they are called upon to perform more complex tasks. 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