Tehran, Dec 15, IRNA Robotic and Smart Technology Laboratory (RSTL) of Qazvin Open University has managed to design and manufacture Irans first parallel (delta) robot.The RSTL supervisor, Mostafa Mahmoudi, who spoke with IRNA on the sidelines of the 15th Research and Technology Achievements Exhibition, said that the delta robot belongs to the parallel manipulators class due to its cinematic chain structure, which is the main feature of the parallel robots and is capable of replacing objects at high velocity and with high precision.
The initial idea behind manufacturing of this robot belongs to Dr. Raymond Claw in the year 1987, and this robot possesses a vast space in various industries production lines of the world today, he reiterated.
Mahmoudi reiterated that the prototype of the Iranian parallel robot will soon be mass produced and presented to the Iranian and foreign markets.
The Iranian parallel robot which is capable of carrying weights up to five kilograms has usage in production lines, for precision welding purposes, for work in dangerous atmospheres, in isolated spaces, for medical purposes, and in packing food items, among a about a dozen of other industrial and military usages.
Mahmoudi said that the current price of the similar foreign version of this robot is around $1,400, but the cost of producing the Iranian version is about one third of that price.
Although the design and manufacturing of this prototype ended only seven days ago we have already signed contracts for producing seven of them for three different companies, he added.
He said that the design of the Iranian robot is totally original and not copied from any foreign type.
Such technologies are considered military possession of the different countries and therefore copying them is impossible, he added, all the same confirming that some parts whose production technology does not exist in Iran were used in its manufacturing, which is an internationally observed practice.
The important point is that the entire software of this complicated robot, which is more important than its hardware, was fortunately designed and manufactured by Iranian technicians, said Mahmoudi.
He said that the parallel manipulator is capable of performing the job of 60 factory workers with high precision care and with no mistake based on the program given to it, which is very easy and needless of high technological expertise.
The 15th Research and Technology Achievements Exhibition which was opened in Tehran on Sunday, December 14 and it will be open for the public till December 18.
A parallel manipulator is a mechanical system that uses several computer-controlled serial chains to support a single platform, or end-effector.
Perhaps, the best known parallel manipulator is formed from six linear actuators that support a movable base for devices such as flight simulators.
By IRNA
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