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Robot Science & Technology magazine’s BOOK of the MONTH

Aug 29th, 2009 | By admin | Category: hardware

For robot building enthusiasts, newcomers and grad students. This is one of a very few encyclopedic tell-all's that every robot builder must have. MIT PhDs Jones and Flynn, who make their living designing and building commercially successful robots, have packed this book with tons of useful basics from wide-ranging topics. They've included useful resources to help you understand the design, construction and operation of the autonomous robots you'll build with this book. Lots of tables, illustrations & color photos.

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Classification of robots

May 7th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Featured Articles
The power of software in the controller determines the usefulness and flexibility of the robot within the limitations of the mechanical design and the ability of the sensors. The robots are classified according to their generation, their level of intelligence, its level of control, and their level of programming language. These ratings reflect the power of software in the controller, in particular, the interaction of sophisticated sensors. The generation of a robot is determined by the historical developments in robotics. Five generations are usually assigned to industrial robots. The third generation is used in industry, the fourth place in research laboratories, and the fifth generation is a great dream. 1 .- Play-back robots, which reclaimed a recorded


Automation and robotics

May 6th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Featured Articles

The history of the automation industry is characterized by periods of constant technological innovations. This is because the techniques of automation are well connected to global economic events.

The use of industrial robots along with systems for computer aided design (CAD) systems and computer aided manufacturing (CAM), are the latest trend in automation of the processes of manufacture and then loaded into the robot .. These technologies led to another transition to automation of unknown scope.

Although the growth market of industrial robotics has been slow compared with the early years of the 80’s, according to some predictions, the robotics industry is in its infancy. Whether these predictions are carried out completely, or not, it is clear that the robotics industry in one form or another, will remain. Read the rest of this entry »



CAIP PLC SCD 80/800

May 6th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Products

It is designed to control and data acquisition. Through the input and output modules can operate with elements of industrial use, such as switches, sensors, inductive, capacitive, optical, thermocouples, PT100s, potentiometers, current loops 4 - 20mA, load cells, speed changers, etc . Temperature control, weighing and dosing, control of production, combinatorial and sequential logic, event logging and signaling boards and command automation.
Its powerful communication allows you to build networks and monitor PLCs and / or modify process variables in real time. You can build networks of PC-PLC, where the PC is the head of the network, or PLCs, PLC, where you can share data or have a master PLC. No additional hardware is required, except for networks where it is necessary to use a node for each PLC. Under standard RS-232 and 4800 baud communication can be half duplex or full duplex.
The equipment includes a 24v source that is general purpose of the use of PLC, 7 LEDs (4 communication source, operation and battery status) for keyboard-display port, keyboard port, alphanumeric display and printer (only model with real time clock), 2 serial ports RS-232 port for 2 expansions 2 accommodation modules for input / output and supply 220/110v.

Application:

Temperature control, weighing and dosing, control of production, combinatorial and sequential logic, event logging and signaling boards and command automation.