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POINT-TO-POINT ROBOT [5 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2002-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

"Robot" means a manipulation mechanism, which may be of the continuous path or of the point-to-point variety, may use sensors, and has all of the following characteristics :... is multifunctional;... incorporates three or more closed or open loop servo-devices which may include stepping motors; and... has user-accessible programmability by means of teach/playback method or by means of an electronic computer which may be a programmable logic controlled...

OBS

Regulation cited: Nuclear Non-Proliferation Import and Export Control Regulations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Robot : Mécanisme de manipulation, qui peut être du type à trajectoire continue ou du type point à point, qui peut utiliser des capteurs et possède toutes les caractéristiques suivantes : [...] est multifonctionnel; [...] comprend trois servomécanismes ou plus à boucle ouverte ou fermée, qui peuvent comprendre des moteurs pas à pas; [...] possède une programmabilité accessible à l'usager au moyen d'une méthode instruction/reproduction, ou au moyen d'un ordinateur qui peut être contrôlé par logique programmable [...]

OBS

Règlement cité : Règlement sur le contrôle de l'importation et de l'exportation aux fins de la non-prolifération nucléaire.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Applications of Automation
DEF

A technique for programming robot motion, usually following a continuous path motion, but sometimes referring also to teaching point-to-point motions by using a teach box. For continuous path motions, the operator grasps a handle which is secured to the arm and guides the robot through the desired task or motions while the robot controller records movement information and any activation signals for external equipment. This contrasts with off-line programming, which can be accomplished away from the manipulator.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Automatisation et applications

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Applications of Automation
CONT

Point-to-point robot. This control method is perhaps the simplest and most frequently used. Teaching is done by moving each axis of the robot individually until the combination of axis positions yields the desired position of the robot end effector. When this desired position or point is reached, it is programmed into memory, thereby storing the individual position of each robot axis. In replaying these stored points, each axis runs at its maximum or limited rate until it reaches its final position.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Automatisation et applications
OBS

Commande point à point : (...) le mouvement du robot industriel est défini pour un nombre fini de poses pour lesquelles il doit passer; la pose et la vitesse en chacun de ces points sont programmées (...)

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Applications of Automation
  • Machine-Tooling (Metallurgy)
DEF

A robot used for spotwelding and consisting of three main parts : a mechanical structure comprising the body, arm and wrist; a welding tool; and a control unit. The mechanical structure serves to position the welding tool at any point within the working volume and orient the tool in any given direction so that it can perform the appropriate task.

OBS

An individual with no experience might think that a spot-welding robot and an arc-welding robot are the same but with different welding equipment. Actually, these are two different robotic systems; the control of spot-welding robot is based upon a point-to-point operation... arc welding... requires a continuous-path system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Automatisation et applications
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)
CONT

Les robots peuvent mettre ensemble des choses isolées ou éparses; ce sont les robots d'assemblage [...]. Ils sont de divers types : robots de soudage (on dit aussi soudure) par points [...], robots de soudage à l'arc [...].

Spanish

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Record 5 1984-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Applications of Automation
DEF

(...) A system where the moving pattern of the manipulator is taught-in by means of recording a number of separate points. The exact time of recording for each point is decided manually. (SYMMI p. 7)

CONT

The robot is taught via a direct or portable control box using a PTP(point-to-point) system which records the various points on the required path and automatically ignores any superfluous movements that may have occurred during the programming.(FITI June 3, 81)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Automatisation et applications
DEF

Type de commande où le mouvement est défini par un nombre fini de points de passage obligatoire. (AFNOR I)

CONT

Le soudage à l'arc est une application typique pour laquelle la programmation point-à-point est avantageuse; la commande s'assimile dans ce cas à un asservissement de position. (NOVO Avril 81 p. 57)

Spanish

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