Nov 8 2007 1:47AM GMT
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Technology, Robotics, robot
Overheard: Six degrees of freedom
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Technology, Robotics, robot
Typical industrial robots feature a 6-axis configuration, or six degrees of freedom. Toyota’s trumpet-playing robot has 29 degrees of freedom.
The robot’s right hand has three DOFs to manipulate the trumpet. It has a Pentium III processor as the main CPU and a Linux RT/OS. Toyota has already developed nearly 100 robot-related patented technologies and plans to commercialize humanoid robots by 2010.
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