Abstract: Commercially available Remote Center Compliances (RCC’s) are made with elastic elements called elastomer shear pads. If these pads are assumed to be linear two-component springs, it is easy to ...

Abstract: A prototype apparatus is described that performs a real-time optical measurement of surface roughness in the 2 to 20 microinch AA range, typical of high-quality grinding, honing, and lapping. ...

Abstract: This paper presents a forward calibration method for serial link manipulators. The procedure uses a model whose parameters represent link lengths, joint encoder offsets, the relative orientations ...