Implementation of electromagnetic actuation system on a continuum manipulator

• Main Authors: Ablola, Jose Mari C., Baguioro, Renz Paolo DR, Enverga, Almond Aaron B., Epistola, Ernest Paolo D., Mendoza, Miguel Marco M., Arada, Gerald P.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2010
• Subjects: Robotics; Robots > Control systems; Manipulators (Mechanism); Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/11917
• Institution: De La Salle University

The choice of actuators to be used in a robot has always been a matter of concern for robotic engineers. Electric motors require additional mechanical system in order to offer a flexible range of movement as actuators and rarely implemented as joints in robots. Hydraulic and Pneumatic pistons are bu...