Title :
Design of a robotic feeder
Author :
Byrd, Virginia T. ; Parker, Joey K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Alabama Univ., Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
Abstract :
The use of US Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) recommendations to develop the design specifications of an inexpensive two-degree-of-freedom robot arm for use in rehabilitation applications is described. The current status of the robotic self-feeder is presented along with the mechanical, electrical, and control software design
Keywords :
assembly language; control system synthesis; handicapped aids; stepping motors; telerobotics; control software design; design specifications; electrical design; mechanical design; rehabilitation; robot arm; robotic feeder; Application software; Cost function; Defense industry; Design engineering; Legislation; Manipulators; Mechanical engineering; Rehabilitation robotics; Service robots; Speech analysis;
Conference_Titel :
System Theory, 1993. Proceedings SSST '93., Twenty-Fifth Southeastern Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Tuscaloosa, AL
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3560-6
DOI :
10.1109/SSST.1993.522803
