Rich, Many industrial robots have six axes or more. They are often not described in the Cartesian manner you are using as the robot actually operates in a set of spherical coordinates. They still use x, y, z, by convention, but often you’ll also find x1, y1, z1, x2, y2, z2, etc.
Doug Nix [email protected] "The Best Place to Succeed is where you are, with what you have." - Charles Schwab > On 22-Jul-16, at 17:29, Richard Nute <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ISO 8373 defines robot as "An automatically controlled, reprogrammable, > multipurpose manipulator programmable in three or more axes, which may be > either fixed in place or mobile for use in industrial automation > applications." > > My Roomba doesn’t fit this definition. First, it is only two axes. Second, > it is for home use, not industrial. Third, I don’t know if it is > reprogrammable. > > I still consider it a robot. > > > Rich > > ps: Three or more axes? I know x, y, and z. What are the additional axes? > > > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc > discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html > <http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html> > Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at > http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ > <http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/> can be used for graphics (in > well-used formats), large files, etc. > > Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ <http://www.ieee-pses.org/> > Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to > unsubscribe) <http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html> > List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html > <http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html> > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Scott Douglas <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Mike Cantwell <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Jim Bacher <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > David Heald <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
