A SCARA robot has a robot console, a first robot arm articulated on the
robot console and swivelable about a first swivel axis, a second swivel
arm articulated on the first swivel arm and swivelable around the second
swivel axis extending substantially parallel to the first swivel axis, at
least one work unit, at least one first swivel motor for swiveling an arm
unit composed of the first and second robot arms relative to the robot
console, at least one second swivel motor for turning the second robot
arm relative to the first robot arm, and at least one work motor for
actuating the work unit, with the motors being controllable by a power
electronics, with electrical circuits including convertor circuits for
current supply of the motors and at least one control circuit for
operating the convertor circuits and thereby for controlling the motors,
and with at least one rectifier circuit being received in at least one
robot arm.
