AUTOMATION IN AIRCRAFT

AUTOMATION IN AIRCRAFT

ABSTRACT:

The term robot means robota which is from a Czech word meaning hard labour. Robots are useful things because they can make life much easier by doing our work for us. There are so many automatic machines around. Industrial robots are often mechanical arms. These can carry out lots of different tasks such as drilling, paint spraying, welding or gripping. These arms are often powered by pneumatics or by a hydraulic power system. Computers control the arm by instructing it to perform actions.
As the robots are widely used in many more applications, so the robot got the importance in aerospace automation also. The robots are useful in art of wing assembly, orbital welding & to search the required path.

INTRODUCTION TO ROBOT:

A robot is defined as an intelligent mechanical device that is capable of performing tasks originally done by humans. In recent years technology has made rapid improvements in single-chip microcomputers. The drastic reduction in both the price and size of microcomputers has provided an opportunity for building new and improved robots. The aim of this was to design and develop a self-contained autonomous mobile robot that is able to navigate through mazes and pick up trash-bins along the way. It includes a flexible picking up/disposal mechanism and the ability to identify trash-bins and the dumping grounds using infrared sensors. The robot is able to accomplish its mission by navigating the maze, collecting all the trash bins and disposing of them at the allocated dumping ground.

The term robot means robota which is from a Czech word meaning hard labour. Robots are useful things because they can make life much easier by doing our work for us. There are so many automatic machines around. Industrial robots are often mechanical arms. These can carry out lots of different tasks such as drilling, paint spraying, welding or gripping. These arms are often powered by pneumatics or by a hydraulic power system. Computers control the arm by instructing it to perform actions.
Since Robby the Robot first appeared on screen in 1956’s Forbidden Planet, science fiction in print, film and on television has pushed the limits of our imagination regarding machines of the future and their abilities to perform human tasks.
As the robots are widely used in many more applications, so the robot got the importance in aerospace automation also. The robots are useful in art of wing assembly, orbital weilding & to search the required path.


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