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Kinematic and Dynamic Analysis of the 2-DOF Spherical Wrist of Orthoglide 5-axis
This paper deals with the kinematics and dynamics of a two degree of freedom
spherical manipulator, the wrist of Orthoglide 5-axis. The latter is a parallel
kinematics machine composed of two manipulators: i) the Orthoglide 3-axis; a
three-dof translational parallel manipulator that belongs to the family of
Delta robots, and ii) the Agile eye; a two-dof parallel spherical wrist. The
geometric and inertial parameters used in the model are determined by means of
a CAD software. The performance of the spherical wrist is emphasized by means
of several test trajectories. The effects of machining and/or cutting forces
and the length of the cutting tool on the dynamic performance of the wrist are
also analyzed. Finally, a preliminary selection of the motors is proposed from
the velocities and torques required by the actuators to carry out the test
trajectories
Kinematic calibration of Orthoglide-type mechanisms from observation of parallel leg motions
The paper proposes a new calibration method for parallel manipulators that
allows efficient identification of the joint offsets using observations of the
manipulator leg parallelism with respect to the base surface. The method
employs a simple and low-cost measuring system, which evaluates deviation of
the leg location during motions that are assumed to preserve the leg
parallelism for the nominal values of the manipulator parameters. Using the
measured deviations, the developed algorithm estimates the joint offsets that
are treated as the most essential parameters to be identified. The validity of
the proposed calibration method and efficiency of the developed numerical
algorithms are confirmed by experimental results. The sensitivity of the
measurement methods and the calibration accuracy are also studied
Kinematics, workspace and singularity analysis of a multi-mode parallel robot
A family of reconfigurable parallel robots can change motion modes by passing
through constraint singularities by locking and releasing some passive joints
of the robot. This paper is about the kinematics, the workspace and singularity
analysis of a 3-PRPiR parallel robot involving lockable Pi and R (revolute)
joints. Here a Pi joint may act as a 1-DOF planar parallelogram if its
lock-able P (prismatic) joint is locked or a 2-DOF RR serial chain if its
lockable P joint is released. The operation modes of the robot include a 3T
operation modes to three 2T1R operation modes with two different directions of
the rotation axis of the moving platform. The inverse kinematics and forward
kinematics of the robot in each operation modes are dealt with in detail. The
workspace analysis of the robot allow us to know the regions of the workspace
that the robot can reach in each operation mode. A prototype built at
Heriot-Watt University is used to illustrate the results of this work.Comment: International Design Engineering Technical Conferences \& Computers
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Optimal dimensional synthesis of force feedback lower arm exoskeletons
This paper presents multi-criteria design optimization of parallel mechanism based force feedback exoskeletons for human forearm and wrist. The optimized devices are aimed to be employed as a high fidelity haptic interfaces. Multiple design objectives are discussed and classified for the devices and the optimization problem to study the trade-offs between these criteria is formulated. Dimensional syntheses are performed for optimal global kinematic and dynamic performance, utilizing a Pareto front based framework, for two spherical parallel mechanisms that satisfy the ergonomic necessities of a human forearm and wrist. Two optimized mechanisms are compared and discussed in the light of multiple design criteria. Finally, kinematic structure and dimensions of an optimal exoskeleton are decided
Design of a haptic device for teleoperation and virtual reality systems
IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, SMC 2009; San Antonio, TX; United States; 11 October 2009 through 14 October 2009Haptics technology has increased the precision and telepresence of the teleoperation and precision of the in-house robotic applications by force and surface information feedback. Force feedback is achieved through sending back the pressure and force information via a haptic device as the information is created or measured at the point of interest. In order to configure such a system, design, analysis and production processes of a haptic device, which is suitable for that specific application, becomes important. Today, haptic devices find use in assistive surgical robotics and most of the teleoperation systems. These devices are also extensively utilized in simulators to train medical and military personnel. The objective of this work is to design a haptic device with a new structure that has the potential to increase the precision of the robotic operation. Thus, literature is reviewed and possible robot manipulator designs are investigated to increase the precision in haptics applications. As a result of the investigations, conceptual designs are developed. Ultimately, final design is selected and produced after it is investigated in computer-aided- design (CAD) environment and its kinematic and structural analyses are carried out
A modal approach to hyper-redundant manipulator kinematics
This paper presents novel and efficient kinematic modeling techniques for âhyper-redundantâ robots. This approach is based on a âbackbone curveâ that captures the robot's macroscopic geometric features. The inverse kinematic, or âhyper-redundancy resolution,â problem reduces to determining the time varying backbone curve behavior. To efficiently solve the inverse kinematics problem, the authors introduce a âmodalâ approach, in which a set of intrinsic backbone curve shape functions are restricted to a modal form. The singularities of the modal approach, modal non-degeneracy conditions, and modal switching are considered. For discretely segmented morphologies, the authors introduce âfittingâ algorithms that determine the actuator displacements that cause the discrete manipulator to adhere to the backbone curve. These techniques are demonstrated with planar and spatial mechanism examples. They have also been implemented on a 30 degree-of-freedom robot prototype
New geometric approaches to the analysis and design of Stewart-Gough platforms
In general, rearranging the legs of a Stewart-Gough platform, i.e., changing the locations of its leg attachments, modifies the platform singularity locus in a rather unexpected way. Nevertheless, some leg rearrangements have been recently found to leave singularities invariant. Identification of such rearrangements is useful not only for the kinematic analysis of the platforms, but also as a tool to redesign manipulators avoiding the implementation of multiple spherical joints, which are difficult to construct and have a small motion range. In this study, a summary of these singularity-invariant leg rearrangements is presented, and their practical implications are illustrated with several examples including well-known architectures.The authors gratefully acknowledge funding from the Generalitat de Catalunya through the Robotics group (SRG0155).Peer Reviewe
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