In recent years there has been a of lot glamour associated with new areas of research and teaching within the mechanical design community. This should be all for the good. However, there is a danger that instead of simply adding new areas, this gives the idea that older areas are no longer of much interest. Recently, four problems that I have dealt with for a long time have been viewed in new ways, and this has brought forth new and exciting ideas. This paper outlines these problems and the new solution methods. The problems are in the subject areas of robot design, robot control, linkage kinematics and design education. The main idea of this paper is to show that older, more traditional areas, when viewed in new ways, can lead to exciting new avenues of research, application and teaching.
INTRODUCTION
Recently, four problems that I have dealt with for a long time have been viewed in new ways, and this has brought forth new and exciting ideas. This paper briefly discusses each of these new solutions and indicates the potential that the new solutions bring into play. The problems are in the subject areas of robot design, robot control, linkage kinematics and design education. This paper is divided in to four sections where each of these problems is treated in turn.
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Bernard Roth Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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