Work volume is the term that refers to the space within which the robot can manipulate its wrist end. The convention of using the wrist end to define the robot’s work volume is adopted to avoid the complication of different sizes of end effectors that might be attached to the robot’s wrist. The end effector
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The robot’s capacity to move its body, arm, and wrist is provided by the drive system used to power the robot. The drive system determines its speed of operation, load carrying capacity, and its dynamic performance. To some extent, the drive system determines the kinds of applications that the robot can accomplish. In this and
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Industrial robots are available in a wide variety of sizes, shapes and physical configurations. The vast majority of today’s commercially available robots possess one of four basic configurations: Polar configuration Cylindrical configuration Cartesian coordinate configuration Jointed-arm configuration The four basic configurations are illustrated in the schematic diagrams of fig. The polar configuration is pictured in
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In this part we discuss mobile robots, a class of robots that are able to move through the environment. The figures show an assortment of mobile robots that can move over the ground, over the water, through the air, or through the water. This highlights the diversity of what is referred to as the robotic
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The term introduction of robot means different things to different people. Science fiction books and movies have strongly influenced what many people expect a robot to be or what it can do. Sadly the practice of robotics is far behind this popular conception. One thing is certain though robotics will be an important technology in
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The mechatronics system design process consists of the following stages. Stage 1: Need for design The mechatronics system design process begins with a need. Needs are usually arise from dissatisfaction with an existing situation. Needs may come from inputs of operating or service personal or from a customer through sales or marketing representatives. They may
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Microprocessor Based Controllers Microprocessors are essential to many of the products we use every day such as TVs, cars, radios, home appliances and of course, computers. Microprocessor based controllers are also called as microcontrollers. Microcontroller is a digital integrated circuit which serves as a heart of many modern control applications. Microprocessors and microcontrollers are similar
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A control system in mechatronics refers to a group of physical component connected or related in such a manner as to command direct or regulate it selfe or another system. The physical components may be of electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, thermal or chemical in nature. Several key terms & elements of the control system are
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Mechatronics engineering is a word originated in Japan in 1980s to denote the combination of technologies which go together to produce industrial robots. The word, mechatronics, is composed of “mecha” from mechanism and the “tronics” from electronics. In other words, technologies and developed products will be incorporating electronics more and more into mechanism, intimately and
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