A linear relaxation technique for the position analysis of multiloop linkages

This paper presents a new method to isolate all configurations that a multiloop linkage can adopt. The problem is tackled by means of formulation and resolution techniques that fit particularly well together. The adopted formulation yields a system of simple equations (only containing linear, biline...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Porta, Josep M., Ros, Lluís, Thomas, Federico
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/30495
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/30495
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Closed chain
Forward and inverse kinematics
Geometric constraint
Loop closure
Multibody system
Multiloop linkage
Robots
Robotics
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Resumo:This paper presents a new method to isolate all configurations that a multiloop linkage can adopt. The problem is tackled by means of formulation and resolution techniques that fit particularly well together. The adopted formulation yields a system of simple equations (only containing linear, bilinear, and quadratic monomials, and trivial trigonometric terms for the helical pair only) whose structure is later exploited by a branch-and-prune method based on linear relaxations. The method is general, as it can be applied to linkages with single or multiple loops with arbitrary topology, involving lower pairs of any kind, and complete, as all possible solutions get accurately bounded, irrespective of whether the linkage is rigid or mobile.