Enabling technologies for large manupulators ESPRIT II Project LAMA

Programmable and mobile manipulators with very large reach are vital machines in the construction site of the future. This paper gives an overview of the developments in this subject which started in 1986. With the ESPRIT II project LAMA the enabling technologies for large manipulators will be provided in a joint European effort. The technical difficulties faced during the development process and the solutions found in the recent years will be described.