Design and Workspace Characterisation of Malleable Robots
Angus B. Clark,Nicolas Rojas,Angus B. Clark,Nicolas Rojas
For the majority of tasks performed by traditional serial robot arms, such as bin picking or pick and place, only two or three degrees of freedom (DOF) are required for motion; however, by augmenting the number of degrees of freedom, further dexterity of robot arms for multiple tasks can be achieved. Instead of increasing the number of joints of a robot to improve flexibility and adaptation, which...