Title :
Architectures for fault-tolerant mechanical systems
Author :
Sreevijayan, Dev ; Tosunoglu, Sabri ; Tesar, Delbert
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
Fault tolerance is an increasingly important specification for advanced mechanical and electronic systems. In this paper we consider the architectural features of a technology that can realize this stringent specification in the domain of mechanical systems. We examine elements of a fault-tolerant mechanical architecture and a failure-responsive control system architecture that operates over it from the perspective of robotic manipulator systems
Keywords :
robot kinematics; failure-responsive control system architecture; fault-tolerant mechanical systems; robotic manipulator systems; Actuators; Computer architecture; Control systems; Costs; Fault detection; Fault diagnosis; Fault tolerance; Fault tolerant systems; Mechanical systems; Redundancy;
Conference_Titel :
Electrotechnical Conference, 1994. Proceedings., 7th Mediterranean
Conference_Location :
Antalya
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1772-6
DOI :
10.1109/MELCON.1994.380896
