Title :
Servo System Using Optical Serial Transmission in Control Loop for Industrial Robots
Author :
Obara, Sanshiro ; Ohmae, Tsutomu ; Watanabe, Masahiko ; Kubo, Kenji
Author_Institution :
Hitachi Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd., 3-1-1 Saiwai-cho, Hitachi-shi, Ibaraki-ken, 317 Japan.
Abstract :
A new servo system suitable for robot control is proposed. An optical serial transmission is applied in its servo-control loops to reduce the number of signal cables and the cable length between the robot mechanism and the controlling equipment, as well as to increase flexibility for expanding control functions.
Keywords :
Control systems; Electrical equipment industry; Industrial control; Optical control; Robot kinematics; Robot sensing systems; Robotics and automation; Service robots; Servomechanisms; Tactile sensors;
Journal_Title :
Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TIE.1987.350990
