Computer-aided design, selection, and evaluation of robots

Abstract

1. Robotics in Automated Manufacturing. 2. Robotics Research Survey. 3. Robotics Components Coding System. 4. Summary of Robot Components and Their Characteristics. 5. Estimation of Mass for Robot Links. 6. Development of Robot Structure and Calculation of Joint Torques. 7. Design and Selection Algorithm. 8. Computer-Aided Parametric Design of a Robot. 9. CASOR Database and the Linking Algorithm. 10. Results and Analysis of an Example Problem. 11. Mathematical Evaluation of Robots and Their Components. 12. Summary and Conclusions. References. Appendices. Index.