Analytic generation of workspace using the robot kinematics

Dohyung Kee, Sang Ho Kim

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Abstract

When designing workplaces, controls should be placed within the reach of an operator's arm or foot for guaranteeing effective performance. In designing a workplace which must cater to a wide range of operator size, it might be sufficient to plan only for the 'average person'. Static arm reach measurements which are taken In conventional, standardized positions provide necessary information, but they cannot be applied to dynamic situations directly. To obtain reach envelope or workspace of the human body not by direct measurement but by analytic generation, data on range of joint motion(ROM) are required as an input. The purposes of this research are to measure the range of motion of two degrees of freedom for Korean young males, and to propose an approximate algorithm to generate the workspace of the human body including foot and trunk motion, in which joint mobility of two degrees of freedom motion are considered. The robot kinematics was employed to represent the human body as a multi-link system.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)525-528
Number of pages4
JournalComputers and Industrial Engineering
Volume33
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1997
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Range of joint motion
  • Robot kinematics
  • Workspace

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