Complete Shaking Force and Shaking Moment Balancing of the Position-Orientation Decoupled PAMINSA Manipulator

International audienceThis paper deals with the complete shaking force and shaking moment balancing of the position-orientation decoupled PAMINSA manipulator. The dynamic reaction forces on the manipulator's base are eliminated by making the total mass center of the moving links stationary. The reaction moments on the frame are eliminated by optimal control of the end-effector, which rotates with prescribed velocity. The numerical simulations carried out using ADAMS software demonstrate that the balanced manipulators transmit no inertia loads to their bases

Generic method for deriving the general shaking force balance conditions of parallel manipulators with application to a redundant planar 4-RRR parallel manipulator

This paper proposes a generic method for deriving\ud the general shaking force balance conditions of parallel\ud manipulators. Instead of considering the balancing of a parallel\ud manipulator link-by-link or leg-by-leg, the architecture is\ud considered altogether.\ud The first step is to write the linear momentum of each element.\ud The second step is to substitute the derivatives of the\ud loop equations, by which the general force balance conditions\ud are obtained. Subsequently specific kinematic conditions are\ud investigated in order to find advantageous, simple balance solutions.\ud As an example, the method is applied to a planar 4-RRR parallel\ud manipulator, for which the force balance conditions and\ud solutions are discussed and illustrated for each step respectively.\ud By including the loop equations, linear relations of the\ud motion among mechanism elements lead to an increase of balance\ud possibilities.For specific kinematic conditions, additional\ud linear relations among the motion of mechanism elements may\ud be obtained, resulting in another increase of balance possibilities.\ud For the latter, symmetric motion is an important feature\ud for which a 4-RRR manipulator is advantageou

Complete Shaking Force and Shaking Moment Balancing of In-line Four-bar Linkages by adding a Class-two RRR or RRP Assur Group

International audienceThis paper deals with the complete shaking force and shaking moment balancing of planar in-line four-bar linkages with constant input speed. A new solution is discussed, which is carried out without counter-rotations. The complete shaking force and shaking moment balancing is obtained by using a coupler link, which is a physical pendulum and by adding a class-two Assur group with prescribed geometrical and mass parameters. Two types of Assur group are examined: two links group with three revolute joints (RRR) and two links group with two revolute and one prismatic joints (RRP). Numerical simulations carried out using ADAMS software validate the proposed balancing technique and illustrate that the obtained six-bar mechanism is reactionless, i.e. the sum of all ground bearing forces and their moments are eliminated