Robotics
Designing the Mechanisms for Automated Machinery
B. Z. Sandler(Author)
Prentice-Hall (Publisher)
Published in January 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-0-13-781683-5 (ISBN)
Description
Designed for engineering students who are developing mechanisms for contemporary machine production, this book emphasizes and answers such questions as: how do the devices work?; what are the means for solving specific technical problems in this domain?; what are the difficulties and obstacles in creating a successfully functioning automatic machine?; and what must be done to design a highly productive manufacturing robot? While the main accent of the volume is on industrial applications of these machines, the levels of intelligence of such machinery are analyzed and concepts relevant to robotics are addressed throughout. Step by step, the readers are guided through the proper design sequence for constructing automatic mechanisms. The author discusses the relationship between level of robot "intelligence" and the type of product produced. Types, levels and structures of robots are detailed and the dynamics of manipulators are shown. Progressing through the lifetime cycle of automatic equipment, Sandler deals with recent techniques and problem-solving methods in robotics.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Harlow
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pearson Education Limited
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 177 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-781683-5 (9780137816835)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Brief historical review and main definitions; manufacturing processes; dynamic analysis of drives; kinematics and control of automatic machines; feedback sensors; transporting devices; functional systems and mechanisms; manipulators.