A CRMA end-use equipment term for an automatically controlled, reprogrammable manipulator used in industrial automation.
Industrial robot is a CRMA end-use equipment term for automation machinery relevant to strategic-technology demand. The definition focuses on an automatically controlled, reprogrammable manipulator programmable in three or more axes; it is not every automated machine, software system, factory line, or proof of a critical-material claim.
This page is anchored in CRMA Article 2, point 42. It belongs in the strategic-technologies/end-use layer, where digital and industrial automation equipment can be connected to component and material demand evidence.
Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials
an automatically controlled, reprogrammable, multipurpose manipulator, programmable in three or more axes, which can either be fixed or mobile for use in industrial automation applications
CRMA Article 2 source-specific definition layer.
Reference: Article 2, point 42
Implementation records should capture the equipment identifier, automation application, axis count, material-demand link, manipulator description, fixed/mobile status, component evidence, and distinction from general automation software or factory compliance records.
Industrial robot is an automation-equipment anchor control: the evidence consequence is that automation equipment can be linked to motors, magnets, and material demand without treating every automated machine as a CRMA industrial robot.