WinRob: A program for teaching robot mechanics and control

Tenreiro Machado, J. A.; Galhano, Alexandra

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Tenreiro Machado, J. A.

Galhano, Alexandra

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The paper presents a program for robotics education that runs on standard IBM-PC's under the Microsoft Windows environment. The WinRob package is designed for undergraduate students and emphasis the fundamental aspects of robot modelling and control. The software is self-explanatory and uses menus, dialog boxes with figures and context-dependent on-line help. In this perspective, students are motivated to investigate on the kinematics, dynamics, trajectory planning and control in order to get insight into robotics.