A Scientific Approach to the Design of Computer Controlled Manipulators

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to develop a science for the design of computer controlled manipulator systems which could be scaled for small manipulators. At the outset of the study the lack of specific tasks or the specific scale of a design environment forced consideration of a working volume consistent with people in order to determine the relationships between tasks, task scale and performance requirements for actuators, sensors (both force and position), etc.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA007582

Entities

People

  • A. E. Woodin
  • D. E. Whitney
  • J. L. Nevins
  • M. Lynch
  • S. Drake

Organizations

  • Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Actuators
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Assembly Lines
  • Automation
  • Closed Loop Systems
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Simulations
  • Control Systems
  • Energy Consumption
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Hydraulic Actuators
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Reliability
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Transducers

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Educational Psychology
  • Robotics and Automation.