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Gerd Hirzinger
A new Roboter-Generation for Space, Service and Surgery
Keywords: robotics, service robots, surgery robots
Quite often robotics — particularly service-robotics — is compared with genetic- and bio-technology research concerning the impact on the new century. Japan and Korea are aiming towards capturing the billion dollar markets at an early stage. In vision is a new generation of robots incorporating lightweight, energy-optimised arms and dexterous multi-fingered hands that do not overload a small carrier vehicle or a walking mechanism. The requirements on space technology with respect to high mechatronic integration, extreme lightweight construction and minimal energy consumption help to fill this technology gap. The recent developments of DLR`s Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics and the perspective of their applications for terrestrial service and surgery robots are key topics of this paper.
it – Information Technology (vormals it+ti), Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag
Print ISSN: 1611-2776
Volume: 49, 04/2007
Pages: 247 - 259