Inventors:
Brentley Craig Nowlin - Homerville OH
Lisa Danielle Koch - Cleveland OH
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the United States National
Aeronautics and Space Administration - Washington DC
International Classification:
G06F 1900
G06F 300
Abstract:
An assembly for moving a robotic device along selected axes includes a programmable logic controller (PLC) for controlling movement of the device along selected axes to effect movement of the device to a selected disposition. The PLC includes a plurality of single axis motion control modules, and a central processing unit (CPU) in communication with the motion control modules. A human-machine interface is provided for operator selection of configurations of device movements and is in communication with the CPU. A motor drive is in communication with each of the motion control modules and is operable to effect movement of the device along the selected axes to obtain movement of the device to the selected disposition.