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. 
  
 
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