While the material covered in this chapter so far may appear to be far removed from the factory floor it is useful for providing insight into the operation of robotic systems in the future and in the function of sensory systems...
While the general objective of Artificial Intelligence (AI) work is the development of machines which exhibit intelligent behavior, this statement is in itself too broad and ambiguous to be meaningful. The following paragraphs...
Additional sensing capabilities are available with the optional sensored gripper for the IBM 7565 system. These capabilities include force sensing with strain gauges and optical sensing with a light emitting diode. The gripper is...
The second generation languages represent the current state of the art in textual languages. In this and the following sections of this chapter, we will describe the features that characterize the second generation languages in...
The textual robot languages possess a variety of structures and capabilities. These languages are still evolving. In this section we identify two generations of textual languages and speculate about what a future generation might...
The first textual robot language was WAVE, developed in 1973 as an experimental language for research at the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Research involving a robot interfaced to a machine vision system was...
Irrespective of robot configuration, there are several methods that can be used by the programmer during the teach mode to actuate the robot arm and wrist. We list the following three methods: Joint movements x-y-z coordinate...
This and the following sections of this chapter will examine the programming issues involved in the use of the lead through methods, with emphasis on the powered lead through approach. Let us begin our discussion with our...
Sometimes, engineers work as consultants to give expert supporting evidence in appropriate circumstances. The concentration of engineers may be on the past, such as explaining the causes of accidents, malfunctions and other...
The Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) will have wide range of socio economic technological and political impacts. The obligation under the Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights System (TRIPS) means all the members of World...
