Mobile manipulator
Introduction A '''mobile manipulator''' is a robot system built from a robotic manipulator arm mounted on a mobile platform.
Description Mobile Manipulator systems; mobile platform, robot manipulator, vision and toolingA mobile manipulation system combines the mobility offered by a mobile platform and dexterity offered by the manipulator. The mobile platform offers an extended workspace to the manipulator and more degrees of freedom to operate in. However, the operation of such a system is challenging because of the many degrees of freedom and the unstructured environment that it performs in. A system is generally composed of the mobile platform, the robotic manipulator arm, vision components, and tooling components.
Use Cases Mobile manipulation is a subject of focus in development and research environments.Mobile manipulators, either autonomous or remote operated, are used in many areas, such as space exploration, military operations, home care and health care. Within the industrial field, the implementation of mobile manipulators has been limited. The necessary technology entities (mobile platforms, robot manipulators, vision, and tooling) are, to a large extent, available from off-the-shelf components.Few implementations of mobile robots in the industrial field have been reported due to the center of attention being drawn on optimization of the individual technologies, especially robot manipulators and tooling, while the integration, use, and application have been neglected in the field of industrial mobile manipulation. This means that few implementations of mobile robots, in production environments, have been reported – e.g. and.
Timeline  PAL Robotics' mobile manipulator TIAGo++ Robot.RB-1 developed by Robotnik Automation Year Robot name Company / Research Institute 1996 Hilare 2bis LAAS-CNRS, France  2000 Jaume Robotic Intelligence Lab, Jaume I University, Spain  2004 FAuStO University of Verona, Italy  2006MM-500 Neobotix GmbH, Germany  2009 Little Helper Department of Production, Aalborg University, Denmark  2012 G-WAM Robotnik Automation & Barrett Technologies, Spain  & United States  2012 Human Support Robot (HSR) Toyota, Japan 2013 UBR-1 Unbounded Robotics, United States  2013 X-WAMRobotnik Automation & Barrett Technologies, Spain  & United States  2015 CARLoS AIMEN, Spain  2015 RB-1 Robotnik Automation & Kinova Robotics, Spain  & Canada  2016 TIAGo PAL Robotics, Spain   2018 MuR 205 Institute of Assembly Technology, Leibniz University Hanover, Germany
Video Example Mobile Manipulator: Little Helper – Aalborg UniversityOne recent example is the mobile manipulator "Little Helper" from the Department of Production at Aalborg University.File:DemoFilmHerning09.ogg
See also * Cyber-physical system* Home automation* Remote manipulator* Robotic arm
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