DocumentCode
3225950
Title
Design of a robotic feeder
Author
Byrd, Virginia T. ; Parker, Joey K.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Alabama Univ., Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
fYear
1993
fDate
7-9 Mar 1993
Firstpage
363
Lastpage
367
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
System Theory, 1993. Proceedings SSST '93., Twenty-Fifth Southeastern Symposium on
Conference_Location
Tuscaloosa, AL
ISSN
0094-2898
Print_ISBN
0-8186-3560-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SSST.1993.522803
Filename
522803
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