yamauchi@cs.rochester.edu (Brian Yamauchi) (04/24/89)
A few weeks ago, I posted a message asking for information about mobile robots for integrated vision / motion / manipulation research. From the responses I received it seems that the Heath/Zenith Hero 2000 is the only mobile robot which comes with an on-board robot arm (and the arm has some serious payload limitations). So now I'm looking into the idea of getting a mobile platform like the Denning MRV3 and mounting an robot arm on it. The payload capacity of the platform would be a limiting factor on the weight of the arm. For example: the payload capacity of the Denning MRV3 is 300 pounds. Unimation has two Pumas in this weight range, the 260 (29 lbs) and the 562 (140 lbs) -- both also require an 80 lb controller. Both are also more expensive than the mobile robot itself. Since we won't be needing the micron accuracy of industrial robots for our research, I was wondering what other arms were available -- hopefully trading accuracy for price and payload. I have heard the name Micromover mentioned, but I haven't been able to get an name or address for the company that makes this arm. I would appreciate any information about this or any other robot arm that might fit our requirements. Thanks in advance, _______________________________________________________________________________ Brian Yamauchi University of Rochester yamauchi@cs.rochester.edu Computer Science Department _______________________________________________________________________________