{"id":44069,"date":"2024-11-27T08:41:55","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T06:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/ek-robot-20241127-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T06:41:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T04:41:16","slug":"ek-robot-20241127-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/hermanustimes\/ek-robot-20241127-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ek, Robot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"text\" id=\"U102517867651ffD\">\n<div class=\"p\">\n<p>Die Departement Elektriese en Elektroniese Ingenieurswese aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) dryf vooruitgang in humano\u00efde (mensagtige) robotika met die bekendstelling van \u2019n splinternuwe navorsingsplatform.<\/p>\n<p>Hierdie gevorderde platform beklemtoon revolusion\u00eare robottegnologie en demonstreer die krag van interdissiplin\u00eare samewerking binne ingenieurswese.<\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">\n<div class=\"p\">\n<p>Die robot staan tans mens-hoogte en beskik oor \u2019n funksionele bolyf en \u2019n ten volle funksionele regterarm en -hand, terwyl sy linkerarm byna voltooi is. Om sy mensagtige vermo\u00ebns te verbeter, is die robot toegerus met \u2019n webkamera vir sig-ontleding, gekoppel aan gevorderde sagteware wat die robot in staat stel om menslike bewegings intyds te ontleed en na te boots.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. William Duckitt, \u2019n dosent in die departement, vertel dat hulle stelsel omgekeerde kinematika (menslike beweging) kan uitvoer, wat dit in staat stel om die bewegings van \u2019n mens wat dit beheer akkuraat te volg. Hy s\u00ea dat die platform teoreties van enige plek in die w\u00eareld beheer kan word wat die potensiaal vir afstandsbeheer beklemtoon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">\n<div class=\"p\">\n<p>Die platform is gebou met die EtherCAT-kommunikasieprotokol en ondersteun beide sinchroniese en asinchroniese prosesse. Die ontwerp stel hulle in staat om komplekse take maklik aan te pak, met behulp van tegnologie wat Duckitt in beheerstelsels vir partikelversnelling gebruik het.<\/p>\n<p>Ter erkenning van die toekomstige potensiaal van humano\u00efde robotika, betrek die departement aktief sy studente by innoverende projekte. Verskeie huidige finalejaarsprojekte, wat fokus op die ontwerp en ontwikkeling van pasgemaakte aktuators (aanskakelaars), gevorderde robot-hande, en humano\u00efde arms met knypers, wat aan studente belangrike praktiese ervaring bied. Duckitt noem hulle streef daarna om \u2019n nuwe generasie navorsers te kweek wat na meestersprogramme sal oorskakel en hul bydraes tot hierdie veld sal verdiep.<\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">\n<div class=\"p\">\n<p>Met die oog op die toekoms, sal die volgende fase van navorsing fokus op die ontwikkeling van aktuators vir die robot se bene, met die doel dat die robot tweevoetig sal loop. 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