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Control
Lecture Set 1
R. Lindeke
Outline
What to consider
Working intelligently with the systems
Pose Control Fixed Vs Flexible Automation
System Synchronization
System Balance
Manipulator
Power System
Controller Schemes
End of Arm Tooling
Sensors (environmental)
Automation Defined:
Automation includes:
Isolated Actions
Master/Slave(s)
Event Driven Response under higher or
parallel control
Tenets of Automation
Tenets of Automation
System Balance:
Achieving Automation
Fixed
vs Flexible
Achieving Automation
Fixed
vs Flexible
Achieving Automation
Fixed
vs Flexible
The Manipulator
Cartesian
Cylindrical
Spherical
SCARA (selectively compliant assembly robots)
Articulating Arms
The Controllers
Environmental Sensors