Editing Gimbal lock (section)

===Robotics===
[[File:Automation of foundry with robot.jpg|thumb|right|Industrial robot operating in a foundry.]]
In robotics, gimbal lock is commonly referred to as "wrist flip", due to the use of a "triple-roll wrist" in [[robotic arm]]s, where three axes of the wrist, controlling yaw, pitch, and roll, all pass through a common point.

An example of a wrist flip, also called a wrist singularity, is when the path through which the robot is traveling causes the first and third axes of the robot's wrist to line up. The second wrist axis then attempts to spin 180° in zero time to maintain the orientation of the end effector. The result of a singularity can be quite dramatic and can have adverse effects on the robot arm, the end effector, and the process.

The importance of avoiding singularities in robotics has led the American National Standard for Industrial Robots and Robot Systems – Safety Requirements to define it as "a condition caused by the collinear alignment of two or more robot axes resulting in unpredictable robot motion and velocities".<ref>ANSI/RIA R15.06-1999</ref>