Title :
Robots with integrated locomotion and manipulation and their future
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Robotics, AIST MITI, Tsukuba, Japan
Abstract :
A robot should be capable of both locomotion and manipulation when it is applied to various tasks in construction, agriculture, home, office, and hospital services. This paper describes why and how locomotion and manipulation should be integrated, what the benefits are, and what problems must be solved in terms of practical application of the robot. The paper is based mostly on discussions by the RSJ research committee
Keywords :
manipulators; mobile robots; RSJ research committee; agriculture; construction; home; hospital services; integrated locomotion/manipulation; office; Agriculture; Leg; Legged locomotion; Manipulators; Mobile robots; Power generation; Production facilities; Robotics and automation; Service robots; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Robots and Systems '96, IROS 96, Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Osaka
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3213-X
DOI :
10.1109/IROS.1996.570848
