The positionerisvery important in robotlineandrobot station. As there are workpiecesin different shapes and sizes, the positioner is flexible in construction.
"On station one,we have robot arms. And what happens is the robots have different joints like a human arm -- one at the shoulder,one at the elbow, wrist and then a claw.
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Amanda Jones, Lauren's English teacher, plays host to the robot and its charging station in her classroom.
The heavy lifting was then left to space station resident astronaut Susan Helms who used the station's new robot arm to pluck the Quest from the shuttle's cargo bay.