An articulated robot is a robot with rotary joints that has 6 or more Degrees of Freedom . This is one of the most commonly used robots in industry today (many examples can be found from legged robots or industrial robots). Articulated robots can range from simple 6 Degree of Freedom structures to systems with 10 or more interacting joints and materials. They are powered by a variety of means, including electric motors.
Some types of robots, such as robotic arms, can be articulated or non-articulated.
Articulated robots
See also
- Degrees of freedom (engineering)
- Articulated soft robotics
- Robotics suite
- Industrial robot
- Robotic arms and cranes used in spaceflight:
- Canadarm, which was used on the Space Shuttle
- Mobile Servicing System (MSS), also known as the Canadarm2, used on the ISS
- The Japanese Remote Manipulator System, used on the ISS JEM module Kibo
- Dextre, also known as the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM), used on the ISS
- Strela, a manually operated arm used on the Russian Orbital Segment (ROS) of the ISS to perform similar tasks as the Mobile Servicing System
- European Robotic Arm, a fifth robotic arm installed on the ISS in 2021
References
OSHA TECHNICAL MANUAL – SECTION IV: CHAPTER 4 https://www.osha.gov/dts/osta/otm/otm_iv/otm_iv_4.html ↩
http://www.ssl.umd.edu/projects/rangertsx/data/spacerobotics-UNDSPST470.pdf Archived 2017-11-16 at the Wayback Machine , pg 9 http://www.ssl.umd.edu/projects/rangertsx/data/spacerobotics-UNDSPST470.pdf ↩