Abstract: The probabilistic fatigue properties of SAE 1008 steel were determined experimentally. A flexural bending fatigue testing program was carried out consisting of: (a) constant strain amplitude, (b) ...

Abstract: This paper focuses on the formulation of constraints for hybrid position/force control of robots. Since the noninvariant nature of the classical approach based on orthogonality of some subspaces ...

Abstract: A model of inherent elastic compliance was developed for general position-controlled SCARA, with conventional joint feedback control, for both rotational and prismatic part insertion (Part I). The ...

Abstract: A special class of robots suited for assembly tasks called SCARA (Selective Compliance Assembly Robot Arm) provides a degree of built-in flexibility due to robot structure. In such robots there ...

Abstract: This paper presents a new technique based on dual Kriging interpolation for modeling curves and surfaces in the presence of uncertainties in data points. Uncertainties result from measurement ...

Abstract: Reverse engineering aims at reproducing an existing object by analyzing its dimensions, features, form, and properties. Reversing geometry has traditionally been emphasized in this process. The ...