The Robot System
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For the purpose of testing, maintenance and safety robot system may be considered to be compose of the following:
a. The Mechanical System
It is the most visible aspect from a casual observer’s point of view and consists of levers, pivots, beams links and bearings.
b. The Motive System
It is consists of motors and actuators that convert the energy supplied from prime power source (e.g. the electric mains) into motions of the mechanical system.
c. The Control System
It behaves rather like the human sensing system (i.e., smell, sight, touch, hear etc.) giving feedback in analogue or digital signals to the computer system about the status of the robot system.
d. The Computer and Software System
It is the processing element and has to coordinate the activities of the robot system to ensure that the system as a whole is responding in the desired manner. Software system co-ordinates the activity of the computer system behaving rather like a human brain.
e. The Interface System
It is the communication network that enable the robot to talk to the outside world and vice versa.
By: Heru Susanto
Reference:
Kumar, Dr. Surrender and Mukerje, Dr. S.K, “Robotic Engineering”, Satya Prakashan, New Delhi, 2001.
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