The granulobot is a robotic platform, with many units, which together act as a single robot that changes shape to execute tasks.
Category: Robotics
Electrical e-Library on Gundam Factory
I was in Yokohama, Japan, and I visited the Gundam Factory, where there’s a full-size Gundam, with 18 meters (59 ft) and 25 tons (55115 lb).
Omnidirectional Mecanum wheels
Vehicles with Mecanum wheels can move in all directions, using less time and space. The operation of these wheels is this post’s subject.
Wall climbing robots
How do the adhesion mechanisms used by wall climbing robots work? In this post, are shown the three forms of adhesion.
Work envelope of robots
This post’s subject is the work envelope on robotics. Manipulator robots are classified according to this important concept.
What is predictive control?
This post’s topic is an introduction to predictive control. Which is able to predict the outputs of a process in a determined time interval in future.
Exoskeletons: origin, types and applications
Exoskeletons are wearable robots that can increase a person’s physical capabilities and protection. This technology only existed in science fiction.
PID controller tunning: CHR and CC methods
This post’s subject is the description of other methods to tune a PID controller. CHR (Chien, Hrone e Reswick) and CC (Cohen e Coon).
Classical control: Theoretical introduction
This post’s subject is an introduction to classical control theory. Where is used PID controller, with only one input and one output.
Capacitance and inductance: more information
I received requests to write more about capacitance and inductance. This post can be considered as the second part of derivated electrical quantities.