EXPERIMENTAL ROBOTICS FOR TRAINING AND MANUFACTURING 

Apóstoli, Roberto Santiago  


Resumo: The research and development (R&D) of two anthropomorphic robots are presented. These are 5 degree of freedom (DOF) arms. The main R&D guidelines conducted to these remarkable milestones: The task is to incorporate the maximum added value to the project: the native idea, the design and the construction. The project is a real feasibility study conducted to looking for the local industry facilities in response to these innovative "mechatronics" requirements. Following the "learning by doing" paradigm, a knowledge transfer from lab to the graduate university classroom was made. These two robots are the work-piece manipulators for an also experimental manufacturing flexible cell. In order to acquire a deep knowledge about these manipulators, it was mandatory to analyze, design, develop and test the following activities and subjects : 7.CAD design and Cam manufacturing of mechanical devices. 8.Main parts are manufactured from high strength aluminum. . 9.Four-contacts bearings are used in all rotating axis. 10.Synchronic pulleys and helical gears gave the mechanical join reductions. 11.PWM drivers implemented with H power mosfets. 12.DC. servomotor digital PD and PID control loop. 13.Denavit-Hartenberg kinematics and direct-inverse geometric analysis. 14.Immerse 3 D real time virtual reality simulation and interactive 3D representation. 15.Neural-net dynamics modeling and control analysis.