ARM and Rovsim: extending our reach
Trevor Heale
(Trevor Heale is a Robotics Technician with General Robotics Limited (GRL), Milton Keynes, UK and has extensive experience of the development and use of the ARM system)
Trevor Larkum
(Trevor Larkum was General Manager of GRL with special responsibilty for the ARM project; he is now Managing Director following the death of GRL’s founder, Professor David Broome)
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Abstract
This paper describes the development of the ARM System, an advanced subsea manipulator for weld inspection. ARM uses an advanced man‐machine interface and provides robotic control of the manipulator using techniques developed in factory robots. A more advanced robotic control system, Polecat, is currently being developed using experience gained from ARM and will be used in an ROV pilot trainer, Rovsim, and a number of European and commercial projects ‐ not just subsea but also in nuclear and factory environments.
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Citation
Heale, T. and Larkum, T. (1999), "ARM and Rovsim: extending our reach", Industrial Robot, Vol. 26 No. 3, pp. 202-208. https://doi.org/10.1108/01439919910266866
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1999, MCB UP Limited