Electricity: motive power systems – Positional servo systems – Program- or pattern-controlled systems
Patent
1988-12-09
1991-02-05
Shoop, Jr., William M.
Electricity: motive power systems
Positional servo systems
Program- or pattern-controlled systems
31856817, 318573, 31856815, 364513, 901 22, G05B 1300
Patent
active
049908391
ABSTRACT:
A modular robotic system is provided with one or more robotic arm sets constructed from modular components and controlled by a central processor to displace an end effector or tool through a desired movement or movements as a function of time. Each arm set comprises a custom assembled combination of passive and active members of selected sizes and shapes, wherein each active member includes a drive motor for rotating a driven member with one degree of mechanical freedom. The active members of each arm set are connected to the central processor via a common communications cable for receiving position commands in the form of end effector position signals. The active members include individual on-board microprocessors for translating each end effector position signal to obtain individualized displacements of the active members which, in combination, result in the desired end effector displacement.
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Shoop Jr. William M.
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