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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