Electric articulated robot arm (Stanford Arm, PUMA)
Brazo robótico eléctrico articulado (Stanford Arm, PUMA)
- Date
- 1969-1978 · confidence high
- Place
- Stanford University, California, United States; Unimation (PUMA, 1978)
- Credited to
- Victor Scheinman (Stanford Arm, 1969; PUMA for General Motors, 1978)
- People
- 👤 Victor Scheinman1942–2016
- Field
- Tools
What it is
A six-axis electrically driven arm controlled by computer, with the kinematics of a human arm. It is the design behind most industrial and surgical robots.
What it led to
- Precision assembly and welding robots
- Robotic surgery (da Vinci)
- The Canadarm and space robotics
Built on
- Industrial robot (Unimate)1961
- Minicomputer (DEC PDP-8)1965
- Unimate industrial robot
- servomotors
Made possible
- Canadarm: the Space Shuttle's robotic arm13 de noviembre de 1981
- Milking robot1992
- Bipedal humanoid robot (Honda ASIMO)2000
- Surgical robot (da Vinci)2000
- Collaborative robot (cobot)2008
- da Vinci surgical robot
- electronic assembly robots