Complete kinematic analysis of the Stewart-Gough platform by unit quaternions

In this paper, a complete analysis of Stewart–Gough platform kinematics by unit quaternions is proposed. Even when unit quaternions have been implemented in different applications (including a kinematic analysis of the Stewart platform mechanism), the research regarding the application of this appro...

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Autores: Serrano, Fernando E., Rossell Garriga, Josep Maria|||0000-0002-5631-5357
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
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:2117/126074
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/126074
https://dx.doi.org/10.7494/mech.2015.34.4.59
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Parallel robots
Quaternions
Robotics
Stewart platform
Parallel kinematics
Unit quaternions
Robots en paral·lel
Robòtica
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Matemàtica aplicada a les ciències
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria mecànica::Fabricació::Disseny i accionaments de robots
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Sumario:In this paper, a complete analysis of Stewart–Gough platform kinematics by unit quaternions is proposed. Even when unit quaternions have been implemented in different applications (including a kinematic analysis of the Stewart platform mechanism), the research regarding the application of this approach is limited only to the analysis of some issues related to the kinematic properties of this parallel mechanism. For this reason, a complete analysis of the Stewart–Gough platform is shown. The derivation of the inverse and forward kinematics of the Stewart platform using unit quaternions shows that they are suitable to represent the orientation of the upper platform due to their simplicity, equivalence, and compact representation as compared to rotation matrices. Then, the leg velocities are derived to compute these values under different conditions