外文翻译—工业机器人及电动驱动系统.docx

外文翻译—工业机器人及电动驱动系统

第一篇：外文翻译—工业机器人及电动驱动系统IndustrialRobotsandElectricdrivesystemThereareavarietyofdefinitionsofthetermrobot.Dependingonthedefinitionused,thenumberofrobotinstallationsworldwidevarieswidely.Numeroussingle-purposemachinesareusedinmanufacturingplantsthatmightappeartoberobots.Thesemachinesarehardwiredtoperformasinglefunctionandcannotbereprogrammedtoperformadifferentfunction.Suchsingle-purposemachinesdonotfitthedefinitionforindustrialrobotsthatisbecomingwidelyaccepted.ThisdefinitionwasdevelopedbytheRobotInstituteofAmerica:Arobotisareprogrammablemultifunctionalmanipulatordesignedtomovematerial,parts,tools,orspecializeddevicesthroughvariableprogrammedmotionsfortheperformanceofavarietyoftasks.Notethatthisdefinitioncontainsthewordsreprogrammableandmultifunctional.Itisthesetwocharacteristicsthatseparatethetrueindustrialrobotfromthevarioussingle-purposemachinesusedinmodernmanufacturingfirms.Theterm“reprogrammable”impliestwothings:Therobotoperatesaccommodateavarietyofmanufacturingtasks.Theterm“multifunctional”meansthattherobotcan,throughreprogrammingandtheuseofdifferentend-effectors,performanumberofdifferentmanufacturingtasks.Definitionswrittenaroundthesetwocriticalcharacteristicsarebecomingtheaccepteddefinitionsamongmanufacturingprofessionals.Thefirstarticulatedarmcameaboutin1951andwasusedbytheU.S.AtomicEnergyCommission.In1954,thefirstprogrammablerobotwasdesignedbyGeorgeDevil.Itwasbasedontwoimportanttechnologies:Numericalcontrol(NC)technology.Remotemanipulatortechnology.Numericalcontroltechnologyprovidedaformofmachinecontrolideallysuitedtorobots.Itallowedforthecontrolofmotionbystoredprograms.Theseprogramscontaindatapointstowhichtherobotsequentiallymoves,timingsignalstoinitiateactionandtostopmovement,andlogicstatementstoallowfordecisionmaking.RemotemanipulatortechnologyallowedamachinetobemorethanjustanotherNCmachine.Itallowedsuchmachinestobecomerobotsthatcanperformavarietyofmanufacturingtasksinbothinaccessibleandunsafeenvironments.Bymergingthesetwotechnologies,Devi