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Integration of a plug-and-play desktop robotic system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Jianbo Su  and
Yanjun Zhang
Jianbo Su*
Affiliation:
Department of Automation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Yanjun Zhang
Affiliation:
Department of Automation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
*
*Corresponding author. E-mail: jbsu@sjtu.edu.cn
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Summary

This paper describes the development of a desktop robotic system that enables the plug-and-play function through the USB (universal serial bus) port of a personal computer (PC). Thus a new kind of desktop PC peripheral is invented that has programmable manipulability. The robotic system is realized on an internally distributed control structure that facilitates higher system reliability. A PID control algorithm is implemented on a prototype of the proposed system, to demonstrate the system's ability to implement feedback control. Experimental results show the performance and properties of the proposed system.

Keywords

Plug-and-playUSBDistributed digital controlRobot arm
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Robotica , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , May 2009 , pp. 403 - 409
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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