Computer Society Meeting

Computing Power Leads to More Capable Robots (Multi-Axis Positioning) 

Joint Meeting with the Society of Manufacturing Engineers

Thursday, February 13, 2003

Presented by Gary Kowalski, FANUC Robotics 

Klemmers Banquet Hall 
10401 West Oklahoma Ave. 
414-541-0401 

Cost: Dinner: $15 (members and guests) 
Student Rate: $5

Reservations

Reservations required. We would appreciate your reservation by Noon Wednesday, February 12 th. Please phone 414-290-6828 or, On-Line at www.sme4.org/events.htm and give the names of attendees. Sorry, dinner reservations cannot be cancelled. Special No-Meat dinner is available with advance notice.

Presentation 

• Robot motion basics 
• Linear and non-linear motion 
• Payload and inertia 
• Motion errors 
• Modern Robot Motion, dynamic algorithms 
• Payload and inertia 
• Kinematics, Acceleration/Deceleration and Max Speed 
• Collision Sensing 
• Touch sensing and Soft Servo 
• Advanced Functions 
• Interference Checking 
• Coordinated Motion and Separate Motion Groups 
• Multi-tasking and PLC emulation 
• Vision 
• Assembly using sight and touch 
• Integrated Process Control 
• Questions and Answers 

This presentation takes basic motion control and describes how the robot can manipulate or adapt to many secondary influences 

Speaker 

Gary Kowalski has worked at FANUC Robotics fro 1o years in a sales capacity. The seven years prior to FANUC, he worked at two different FANUC robot integrators. Throughout his robotics career he has been very hands-on and fluent in programming.

Accomodations for Persons with Special Needs

SME is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to persons with disabilities. If such accommodations are required to fully participate in the SME- sponsored event, please contact Chuck Rausch at 414-425-7159 by Noon Tuesday, Feb, 11 th. 

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