Design and Development of Robotic Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation

Abstract

This paper details the design and development of a robotic hardware-in-the-loop simulation platform that can be used for rapid-prototyping industrial manipulators. The architecture of the proposed platform has been presented by Martin and Emami (2006). Potential benefits of such a platform include allowing concurrent development of hardware and control system components and providing a reusable platform for reconfigurable manipulators through a generic and modular structure. Some preliminary tests on the platform have also been discussed in the paper