Projeto de um braço robótico para automação de bancada experimental

Abstract

The development of techniques for the solution of inverted problems in biomechanic engineering it's one of the lines of research of the Laboratory of Teaching and Research in Heat Transfer: Modeling and Experimentation (LTCME). The lab makes part of the mechanical engineering college at Federal University of Uberlândia. An inverted technic for the detection in the early stages of breast cancer, based on the method of thermal impedance, is one of the works in progress. The experimental table set for this study simulates the breast and inclusions, that are sources of internal heating. During the experiments, the sample receives an external heating supply. This heat is provided by irradiation coming from an infrared lamp and should happen in predetermined cycles. This work was conceived by the demand of optimizing the experimental table, having the objective of creating a robotic arm capable of allowing and blocking the irradiation of the sample in cycles programmed by the user. The robotic arm makes himself needed for better precision, control of time and possibility of adapting the parameters during the test.