关键词： robotics   research   Horizion 2020   projects   potential  

摘要： With the program Horizon 2020 the European commission has the largest civilian research program worldwide. Robotics and the closely related field information and communication technology (ICT) form core areas of the program. The optimal representation of this topic is immensely important for the social and economic development in Europe within the program is the mission of the public-private partnership euRobotics. This organization acts as an interface between the European commission, researcher, industry and end-user in the area of robotics. In order to lift the market potential of robotics and to identify the related research and development questions a Robotics Strategic Research Agenda for Europe for the year 2014-2020 was developed. In this article we present Austrian research institutions and projects that already work on the realization of that roadmap. Moreover, we will pinpoint areas where Austria has a need for research and development. This assessment will be integrated in the development of an Austrian Robotics Research Roadmap. This roadmap will be developed by the robotics working group within society for measurement, automation and robot technology (GMAR) and should serve research, industry and public stakeholder as a guideline to stimulate and extend the potential of robotics in Austria.

关键词： octopus-inspired robots   legged locomotion   underwater robots   soft robotics  

摘要： This paper studies underwater legged locomotion (ULL) by means of a robotic octopus-inspired prototype and its associated model. Two different types of propulsive actions are embedded into the robot model: reaction forces due to leg contact with the ground and hydrodynamic forces such as the drag arising from the sculling motion of the legs. Dynamic parameters of the model are estimated by means of evolutionary techniques and subsequently the model is exploited to highlight some distinctive features of ULL. Specifically, the separation between the center of buoyancy (CoB)/center of mass and density affect the stability and speed of the robot, whereas the sculling movements contribute to propelling the robot even when its legs are detached from the ground. The relevance of these effects is demonstrated through robotic experiments and model simulations;moreover, by slightly changing the position of the CoB in the presence of the same feed-forward activation, a number of different behaviors (i.e. forward and backward locomotion at different speeds) are achieved.

关键词： Food service   Mobile apps   Restaurant menus  

摘要： The article offers information on several restaurants that use apps, tablet menus and tabletop ordering systems to improve their customer services.

关键词： MEETINGS   ROBOT industry   MANUFACTURING industries   CHIEF executive officers   CONGRESSES  

摘要： Information about the Roboforum annual international robotics conference associated with the Robostation summer exhibition that was held at VDNKh national exhibition centre in Moscow, Russia. Topics include the development of robotics worldwide, awareness of government and manufacturing industry and major changes in educational system. The conference featured speaker Manfred Eibeck, chief executive officer (CEO) of robotic company Russian Machines Corp.

关键词： ROBOTICS   RESEARCH & development   GREAT Britain  

摘要： The article discusses the launch of the UK Robotics and Autonomous Systems Network (UK-RAS Network) funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to boost the robotics research and development (R&D) activities in Great Britain.

关键词： hyper-redundant manipulators   variational calculus   Lie group   continuum model   biological macromolecule  

摘要： Hyper-redundant (or snakelike) manipulators have many more degrees of freedom than required to position and orient an object in space. They have been employed in a variety of applications ranging from search-and-rescue to minimally invasive surgical procedures, and recently they even have been proposed as solutions to problems in maintaining civil infrastructure and the repair of satellites. The kinematic and dynamic properties of snakelike robots are captured naturally using a continuum backbone curve equipped with a naturally evolving set of reference frames, stiffness properties, and mass density. When the snakelike robot has a continuum architecture, the backbone curve corresponds with the physical device itself. Interestingly, these same modeling ideas can be used to describe conformational shapes of DNA molecules and filamentous protein structures in solution and in cells. This paper reviews several classes of snakelike robots: (1) hyper-redundant manipulators guided by backbone curves;(2) flexible steerable needles;and (3) concentric tube continuum robots. It is then shown how the same mathematical modeling methods used in these robotics contexts can be used to model molecules such as DNA. All of these problems are treated in the context of a common mathematical framework based on the differential geometry of curves, continuum mechanics, and variational calculus. Both coordinate-dependent Euler-Lagrange formulations and coordinate-free Euler-Poincare approaches are reviewed.

关键词： Fish Robot   Tuna-mimetic Robot   UC-Ika 1   Undulation Mechanism   Swimming Forces   Mathematical Model  

摘要： This paper presents the steps for the mathematical modelling of a fish robot with four degrees of freedom (DOF) called UC-Ika 1. The swimming motion of the robot, which is inspired by tuna fish, needs to generate an undulatory motion by its tail peduncle and caudal fin. Hence, the robot has the benefit of a tail mechanism that plays a determining role in the dynamic behaviour of the robot. Analysing this tail mechanism and the hydrodynamic forces acting upon the fish robot, the governing equations of motion of the robot are derived. Solving these dynamic equations reveals that the robot has a cruising speed of 0.29 m/s, a slight oscillation in the gamma direction, and a small swing around its centre of mass. These results are validated by the experimental results of UC-Ika 1.

关键词： 水下爬壁机器人   UG   ADAMS   动力学分析  

摘要： 设计了一种新型的用于水下环境观察、设备检测以及维护的水下吸附式爬壁机器人,利用UG建立其吸附装置、移动机构、传动系统,机械本体、照明装置等的三维模型,并装配成水下爬壁机器人的虚拟样机模型,然后通过UG和ADAMS的接口将其导入到ADAMS软件中,利用ADAMS对其进行动力学分析,通过取不同的吸附力,然后分析机器人的移动速度,最后得出使机器人既不滑落又节能的合适的吸附力。

关键词： 自主机动飞网机器人   动力学建模   网型保持   间隙函数  

摘要： 针对自主机动飞网机器人多系绳编织结构的动力学建模难题,首先提出利用无向图描述飞网机器人的结构,然后依据系绳杨氏模量极大的特点,设计间隙函数和约束反力,基于Hamilton原理建立飞网机器人数学模型,并设计一种基于Lemke算法和龙格库塔积分的解算方法;针对其网型保持问题,设计一种"双层优化伪动态逆内环+变结构控制外环"的控制方法。仿真结果表明,设计的控制器能够有效控制飞网机器人沿指令轨迹运动,并很好保持其网型,避免飞网机器人任务过程的变形和轨道径向移动。

关键词： 红外传感器   火焰传感器   大家好   迷宫式   避障   中央处理器   analog   屏幕显示   红外光波   程序处理  

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