Generation of under-actuated manipulators with non-holonomic joints from ordinary manipulators

This paper shows how to generate under-actuated manipulators by substituting nonholonomic spherical pairs (nS pairs) for (holonomic) spherical pairs (S pairs) in ordinary (i.e. not under-actuated) manipulators. As a case study, an under-actuated manipulator, previously proposed by one of the authors...

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Autores: Grosch Obregon, Patrick John|||0000-0001-7605-8645, Gregorio, Raffaele di, Thomas, Federico|||0000-0001-9341-5528
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/12094
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/12094
https://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4000527
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Materials handling -- Automation
industrial robots robot dynamics robot kinematics robots
Materials -- Manipulació--Automatització
Classificació INSPEC::Automation::Robots::Manipulators
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria dels materials
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Sumario:This paper shows how to generate under-actuated manipulators by substituting nonholonomic spherical pairs (nS pairs) for (holonomic) spherical pairs (S pairs) in ordinary (i.e. not under-actuated) manipulators. As a case study, an under-actuated manipulator, previously proposed by one of the authors, is demonstrated to be generated, through this pair substitution, from an inversion of the 6-3 fully-parallel manipulator (FPM). Moreover, the kinetostatic analysis of this under-actuated manipulator is reconsidered, and a simple and compact formulation is obtained. The results of this kinetostatic analysis can be used both in the design of the under-actuated manipulator, and in its control. Keywords: kinetostatics, non-holonomic constraint, ordinary manipulator, underactuated manipulator, parallel manipulator.