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As you have seen (Assignment 3), most electric motors operate at high speed with comparatively low torque output compared with fluid power torque actuators (particularly hydraulic actuators), which produce very high torque at low speeds. Consequently electric drive robot arms require mechanical transmissions to reduce the output speed of their motors and increase torque to drive the arm joints. (Fluid power actuators can drive robot arms directly.)
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© 1993 David Cumbers and City and Guilds of London Institute
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Cumbers, D. (1993). Mechanical transmissions. In: Riley, P. (eds) Robot Technology Workbook. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12688-0_6
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