Lec4 Robot Classification
Lec4 Robot Classification
Lec4 Robot Classification
OBJECTIVES:
RECTANGULAR-COORDINATED:
THEY CAN OBTAIN LARGE WORK ENVELOPE BECAUSE RAVELLING ALONG THE X-
AXIS, THE VOLUME REGION CAN BE INCREASED EASILY.
THEY CAN CARRY HEAVY LOADS BECAUSE THE WEIGHT-LIFTING CAPACITY DOES
NOT VARY AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WITHING THE WORK ENVELOPE.
DISADVANTAGES:
PICK-AND-PLACE OPERATIONS.
WELDING.
CYLINDRICAL-COORDINATED
HAS TWO LINEAR MOTIONS AND ONE ROTARY MOTION.
DISADVANTAGE:
ASSEMBLY
COATING APPLICATIONS.
CONVEYOR PALLET TRANSFER.
DIE CASTING.
FOUNDARY AND FORGING APPLICATIONS.
INSPECTION MOULDING.
INVESTMENT CASTING.
MACHINE LOADING AND UNLOADING.
SPHERICAL COORDINATED
PNEUMATIC DRIVES HAVE BEEN USED FOR MANY YEARS FOR POWERING SIMPLE
STOP-TO-STOP MOTIONS.
IT IS INHERENTLY LIGHT WEIGHT, PARTICULARLY WHEN OPERATING PRESSURES
ARE MODERATE.
HYDRAULIC: ARE EITHER LINEAR POSITION ACTUATORS OR A ROTARY
VANE CONFIGURATION.
POINT-TO-POINT: THESE ROBOTS ARE MOST COMMON AND CAN MOVE FROM
ONE SPECIFIED POINT TO ANOTHER BUT CANNOT STOP AT ARBITRARY POINTS
NOT PREVIOUSLY DESIGNATED.
THE CONTROLLED PATH ROBOT ENSURES THAT THE ROBOT WILL DESCRIBE THE RIGHT
SEGMENT BETWEEN TWO TAUGHT POINTS.
CONTROLLED-PATH IS A CALCULATED METHOD AND IS DESIRED WHEN THE
MANIPULATOR MUST MOVE IN THE PERFECT PATH MOTION.
CONTINUOUS PATH: IS AN EXTENSION OF THE POINT-TO-POINT
METHOD. THIS INVOLVES THE UTILIZATION OF MORE POINTS
AND ITS PATH CAN BE ARC, A CIRCLE, OR A STRAIGHT LINE.
MUCH LIKE HUMANS, THE ROBOT OBSERVES AND EVALUATES THE IMMEDIATE
ENVIRONMENT BY PERCEPTION AND PATTERN RECOGNITION.
EXTENSIVE RESEARCH HAS BEEN AND STILL CONCERNED WITH HOW TO EQUIP
ROBOTS WITH SEEING EYES AND TACTILE FINGERS.