Changing instructions to make robot joints more energy efficient

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Getting robots to carry out repetitive tasks precisely and untiringly is relatively easy. Getting them to do it in the most efficient way possible is another thing entirely. Unai Ugalde-Olea, lecturer in the Department of Electronics Technology of the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country is working on a new way of controlling robot joints that promises energy savings of up to 40 percent by changing the way the robot handles instructions... Continue Reading Changing instructions to make robot joints more energy efficient

Section: Robotics

Tags: Energy Efficient, Engineering, Prototype, Robots

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