| 词条 | Remote manipulator |
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A remote manipulator, also known as a telefactor, telemanipulator, or waldo (after the 1942 short story "Waldo" by Robert A. Heinlein which features a man who invents and uses such devices),[1] is a device which, through electronic, hydraulic, or mechanical linkages, allows a hand-like mechanism to be controlled by a human operator. The purpose of such a device is usually to move or manipulate hazardous materials for reasons of safety, similar to the operation and play of a claw crane game. HistoryIn 1945, the company Central Research Laboratories[2] was given the contract to develop a remote manipulator for the Argonne National Laboratory. The intent was to replace devices which manipulated highly radioactive materials from above a sealed chamber or hot cell, with a mechanism which operated through the side wall of the chamber, allowing a researcher to stand normally while working. The result was the Master-Slave Manipulator Mk. 8, or MSM-8, which became the iconic remote manipulator[3] seen in newsreels and movies, such as the Andromeda Strain or THX 1138. Robert A. Heinlein claimed a much earlier origin for remote manipulators.[4] He wrote that he got the idea for "waldos" after reading a 1918 article in Popular Mechanics about "a poor fellow afflicted with myasthenia gravis ... [who] devised complicated lever arrangements to enable him to use what little strength he had." See also{{Portal|Robotics}}
References1. ^Technovelgy telemanipulator page 2. ^CRL history 3. ^Telemanipulator page 4. ^{{Citation | last=Heinlein | first=Robert A. | author-link=Robert A. Heinlein | chapter=Science fiction: its nature, faults and virtues| date= | year=1957 | editor-last=Davenport | editor-first=Basil | title=The Science Fiction Novel | location=Chicago |publisher=Advent | publication-date=1959| isbn= }} External links{{Wiktionary|waldo}}{{Commons category|Remote manipulators}}
| last =Zeleny | first =Milan | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Human systems management: Integrating Knowledge, Management | publisher =World Scientific | year =2005 | location = | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=Tbb3O5uigCAC&pg=PA142&dq=waldo+nuclear+teleoperated | doi = | ISBN =981-02-4913-6 | page =142 }}{{DEFAULTSORT:Remote Manipulator}} 2 : Robotic manipulation|Nuclear technology |
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