Continuum robot is a new type robot which has many applications,such as medical surgery, mine collapse, urban search and rescue etc. In this paper, the forward and inverse kinematics analysis of continuum robot for search and rescue is presented. The forword kinematic has been formulated by product of exponentials. The inverse kinematics for the robot is carried out by a geometrical approach. Finally, the forward and inverse kinematic simulation is completed by Matlab. The simulation results are given for the robot to illustrate the method effectiveness.

Automatic machine vision-based manipulator used for button cell sorting has high academic value. Firstly, a detailed analysis of the visual system, using an image-based visual servo control method, is provided, so as to establish a set of button batteries automatic sorting manipulator platform. the detail composition of this platform is introduced in this paper. Through analysis of PID control method, a mathematical model is established, and its motor control is simulated.Experimental results show that, the platform of an automatic manipulator system has char high accuracy and higher real-time characteristic.

Rubber bearings are used widely in small and medium-span highway bridge structure. In this paper the transient dynamics of the plate rubber bearing and the pot rubber bearing which are widely used in practical engineering is analyzed. And the fatigue life of bridge bearing is estimated using reliability theory

Worm cam mechanism is a common indexing mechanism which is widely used in automatic machinery. Because of its high transmission precision requirements, the mechanism has high demands on the cylinder cam. The machining methods of cylinder cam are unique and the methods of special machine tool and NC machining are the two methods that general adopted in the machining of it. In this paper, the method of CNC Programming which is used for machining cylinder cam in 5-axeses high speed DMU 70eVolution Machining Center is introduced. The machining principle of cylinder cam has been studied, and the mathematical model for CNC Programming has also been worked out. The automated compensation of cutting tool’s radius is used in this field for the first time.

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