An industrial robot including a platform arranged for carrying an object.
A first arm is arranged for influencing the platform in a first movement
and includes a first actuator having a first path and a first carriage
linearly movable along the first path. A second arm is arranged for
influencing the platform in a second movement, and includes a second
actuator having a second path and a second carriage linearly movable
along the first path. A third arm is arranged for influencing the
platform in a third movement. A control unit controls the movements of
the platform. The first and second arms are arranged rotatable in such
way that the platform is movable between opposite sides of a second plane
passing through and continuously following the first and second carriage.
The control unit includes a control adapted to upon command perform a
reconfiguration of the platform and the arms of the robot. The
reconfiguration includes moving the platform between opposite sides of
the second plane.
