An Overview of Wheeled Mobile Platform Systems
Wheeled robots can achieve greater speeds than any other types of mobile robots, are easy to build and generally easier to control. Despite the shortcomings on some types of terrain inherent to wheeled...
View ArticleCan We Have the Perfect Household Robot?
Living under one roof with an intelligent machine seems to come right out of a movie in which we all might perform in the years to come. We will be actors and spectators to changes that will be made...
View ArticleStandards and Classifications of Industrial Robots
A robot can be defined as a means of automating operations normally performed by a human operator through direct interaction and coordination. It has a complex mechanical structure, with more degrees...
View ArticleMotion Planning Methods for Industrial Robots
The robot is a machine with motion or manipulation abilities, so one of the most important problems to deal with is motion planning, which implies modelling the environment taking into account...
View ArticleAll About Self-Reconfiguring Modular Robots – Advantages and Disadvantages
The concept of modular robots is an answer that came to meet the rigidity of robots with static forms. The wide variety of robots is the result of a number as high as combinations of shapes and forms....
View ArticleStepper Motors and Their Principles of Operation
A stepper motor is a type of DC motor which has a full rotation divided in an equal number of steps. It is a type of actuator highly compatible with numerical control means, as it is essentially an...
View ArticleIntroduction to Piezoelectric Actuators
In order to build a mechatronic system that can achieve numerous functions and certain performance levels, designers must think outside the box when searching for solutions to be implemented, in almost...
View ArticleConcurrent Programming and Intelligent Robots
A complex robot is backed up by busy intersections with commands and information that require processing. Simultaneous control of several actions require several processes that work in parallel and are...
View ArticleWalkthrough on Controlling a Stepper Motor
In our article about stepper motors we have presented this type of electric motors, how they operate and what makes them highly compatible with digital control systems. Now we will talk about how to...
View ArticleDesign Concepts and Control of Automatic Systems
Since ancient times man has imagined automated mechanisms or intelligent devices to take over various activities or parts of his work, in the timeless quest to make life easier, more comfortable and...
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