Stanford arm
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The Stanford arm, on display at Stanford University
The Stanford arm is an industrial robot with six degrees of freedom, designed at Stanford University by Victor Scheinman in 1969.[1] The Stanford arm is a serial manipulator whose kinematic chain consists of two revolute joints at the base, a prismatic joint, and a spherical joint. Because it includes several kinematic pairs, it is often used as an educational example in robot kinematics.[2]
References[]
- ^ Stanford Arm history
- ^ Sastry, Richard M. Murray ; Zexiang Li ; S. Shankar (1994). A mathematical introduction to robotic manipulation (PDF) (1. [Dr.] ed.). Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press. ISBN 9780849379819.
Categories:
- Industrial robots
- Robotic manipulators
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