Description
Introduction to Robotic Mechanisms
I. Industrial Robots
- Classification of industrial robots
- Comparison between robots and telecherics
- Trends in the field of robotics
II. Robot Characteristics
- Different types of robot geometries (articulated, revolute, jointed-geometry, polar coordinate, Cartesian, cylindrical, vertically-jointed)
- End effectors and their common types
- Specific robot specifications (e.g., FANUC S-900i Family, S-500 Robot, LR Mate 100i Robot)
III. Mechanisms for Robot Manipulation
- Mechanisms for planar manipulation with simplified kinematics
- Tool-changing mechanisms
- Piezoelectric motors in robot finger joints
- Six-degree-of-freedom parallel manipulators
- Self-reconfigurable manipulators
- Improved roller and gear drives for robots
