Abstract

While it may not be practical to realize a tentative robot design as an actual robot, there is no question of the practicality of a simulation, ROBOT_S is a program in which the foundation for a comprehensive simulation environment is laid. A graphical robot is created to which physical attributes may be assigned, and whose movement may be dictated by a user-installed dynamic model and control law. A simple robot command language has been developed, by which the manipulator may be commanded to move, during which simulation data of state variables is collected and graphed.