Differential flatness of a class of n-DOF planar manipulators driven by 1 or 2 actuators

A fully actuated system can execute any joint trajectory. However, if a system is under-actuated, not all joint trajectories are attainable. The authors have actively pursued novel designs of under-actuated robotic arms which are both controllable and feedback linearizable. These robots can perform...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Franch Bullich, Jaume|||0000-0002-6257-9113, Agrawal, Sunil K., Sangwan, Vivek
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:2117/7799
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/7799
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Manipulators (Mechanism)
Automatic control
Differential flatness Robot design Under-actuated robots
Manipuladors (Mecanismes)
Control automàtic
Classificació INSPEC::Control theory::Control system synthesis
Classificació INSPEC::Automation::Robots::Manipulators
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Robòtica
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Sumario:A fully actuated system can execute any joint trajectory. However, if a system is under-actuated, not all joint trajectories are attainable. The authors have actively pursued novel designs of under-actuated robotic arms which are both controllable and feedback linearizable. These robots can perform point-to-point motions in the state space, but potentially can be designed to work with fewer actuators, hence with lower cost. With this same spirit, the technical note investigates the property of differential flatness for a class of planar under-actuated open-chain robots having a specific inertia distribution, but driven by only one or two actuators. This technical note addresses the following theoretical question: what placement of one or two actuators will make an n-DOF planar robot differentially flat if it is designed so that its center of mass always lies at joint 2?