Development of wireless mechanism to reduce wiring complexities of robot manipulator
Wires in the robotics system are used to connect between controllers and the DC power sources; these controllers include the microcontrollers, sensors and actuators. These wires that pass through the robot manipulators unnecessarily induce complexities which inhibit the manipulator flexibility. Wiri...
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2011
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/2419/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/2419/1/Omar_Abdel.pdf |
| Summary: | Wires in the robotics system are used to connect between controllers and the DC
power sources; these controllers include the microcontrollers, sensors and actuators.
These wires that pass through the robot manipulators unnecessarily induce
complexities which inhibit the manipulator flexibility. Wiring complexities consists
of the control wires which are used to connect between controllers, and power source
wires which conduct the current to the controller components. This research aims to
reduce these wires complexities. Instead of control wires, a wireless voltage
regulatory (WVR) module was developed. The WVR has the ability to form
Bluetooth network between controllers integrated with an adaptive voltage
regulation. The adaptive voltage regulation purpose is to control the DC motors or
any other devices that require voltage regulation in the control system. It was attained
by applying the fuzzy control. lnstead of Power source wires, a modification for the
translational and rotational mechanisms design is proposed to conduct the DC power
wirelessly. A physical model demonstrating the developed wireless module and the
proposed mechanical modification was built, and its performance is presented. The
contribution of this work includes enhancement of the robots manipulator flexibility,
functionalities and applications by reducing wires complexities. |
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