Elastic Manipulators
Elastic manipulators are manipulators designed to operate in workspaces containing obstacles, as well as limited workspaces. During positioning of the end-effector at a certain point of the manipulator’s workspace, the arm of such manipulator must be able
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INTERNATION AL CENTRE FOR MECHANICAL SCIENCES COURSES AND LECTURES - No. 402
BASICS OF ROBOTICS THEORY AND COMPONENT S OF MANIPULATORS AND ROBOTS
EDITED BY ADAM MORECKI WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND JOZEF KNAPCZYK CRACOW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
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Springer-Verlag Wien GmbH
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SPIN 10730568
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ISBN 978-3-211-83150-2
ISBN 978-3-7091-2532-8 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-7091-2532-8
CONTENTS Preface ........................................................................................................................... XI Foreword ........................................................................................................................ 1 Part one THE MECHANICS OF MANIPULATORS AND ROBOTS ....................... 3 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................... 3 1.1. Subjects of research and investigation . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. .. . 3 1.2. Industrial robotics . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. ...... .. .. .... ..... .. ... .. ... .. .. .. .. .. .. . ... . .. . .. ... .. . .. .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. .. 6 1.3. References .. . . .. .. .. . ... .. . .. .. .. ... .. .. ... . ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. ... . ... ... .. .. .. .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. .. 8
2. BASIC CONCEPTS, DEFINITIONS AND SYSTEMATIZATION OF MANIPULATORS AND ROBOTS ......................................................................... 9 2.1. Definitions ..................................................................................................................... 9 2.2 Kinematic chains of manipulators and robots ................................................................ 12 2.2.1.
