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Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Manufacturing Systems – ICMaS
Published by Editura Academiei Române, ISSN 1842-3183
Volume No. 3, 2008
University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Machine and Manufacturing Systems Department
Bucharest, Romania, 13-14 November, 2008
pp. 199-202
CURRENT TRENDS IN ACTUATORS FOR INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS
Ján PITEĽ
Abstract: Nowadays the industrial robots are mostly driven by conventional actuators: electric, pneumatic and hydraulic motors. These conventional actuators can provide for required position accuracy, dynamics and reliability of robot’s operation. However in consequence of their high mass these machineries may be energy intensive, their construction is often rigid. These factors can complicate sharing of working place of technologic machinery. The aim is to use in the industrial robots design the actuators which power to weight ratio would be comparable with human muscle. There are in the paper compared characteristics of the conventional and nonconventional actuators and advantages and disadvantages of their using for actuation of industrial robots.
Key words: actuator, industrial robot, mechatronics, artificial muscle.
Author:
PhD Eng. Ján PITEĽ, Associated Professor, Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Manufacturing Technologies with a seat in Prešov,
E-mail: jan.pitel@tuke.sk
Electronic mail: orgcom@icmas.eu / General Information: http://www.edition2009.icmas.eu/