Reconfigurable Modular Manipulator System - Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University
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Reconfigurable Modular Manipulator System

Robots are more flexible than task-specific hardware for automation. In theory, one can change a robot’s task simply by loading a new program into the robot’s controller. However, in practice, each robot has a configuration and sensing capabilities that support only the applications for which the system was designed.

The CMU Reconfigurable Modular Manipulator System (RMMS) addresses the problems associated with conventional fixed-configuration manipulators. The RMMS utilizes a stock of interchangeable joint (actuator) and link modules of different size and performance specifications. It extends the concept of modularity to include the control algorithms and task planning software.

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1996
A rapidly deployable manipulator system
Chris Paredis, H. Benjamin Brown, and Pradeep Khosla
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 2, pp. 1434 - 1439, April, 1996
1995
A Rapidly Deployable Manipulator System
Chris Paredis, H. Benjamin Brown, R. W. Casciola, James E. Moody, and Pradeep Khosla
Workshop Paper, Workshop on Some Critical Issues in Robotics, October, 1995

past head

  • Pradeep Khosla

past staff

  • Chris Paredis