New geometric approaches to the analysis and design of Stewart-Gough platforms

In general, rearranging the legs of a Stewart-Gough platform, i.e., changing the locations of its leg attachments, modifies the platform singularity locus in a rather unexpected way. Nevertheless, some leg rearrangements have been recently found to leave singularities invariant. Identification of su...

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Autores: Borràs Sol, Júlia, Thomas, Federico|||0000-0001-9341-5528, Torras, Carme|||0000-0002-2933-398X
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/26440
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/26440
https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TMECH.2013.2239305
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Manipulator design
parallel robots
robot kinematics
singularity analysis
Stewart-Gough platform
SPHERICAL PARALLEL MECHANISMS
OCTAHEDRAL MANIPULATOR
SINGULARITY ANALYSIS
ROBOTICS
MACHINE
SYSTEM
Classificació INSPEC::Automation::Robots::Robot kinematics
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Robòtica
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Resumo:In general, rearranging the legs of a Stewart-Gough platform, i.e., changing the locations of its leg attachments, modifies the platform singularity locus in a rather unexpected way. Nevertheless, some leg rearrangements have been recently found to leave singularities invariant. Identification of such rearrangements is useful not only for the kinematic analysis of the platforms, but also as a tool to redesign manipulators avoiding the implementation of multiple spherical joints, which are difficult to construct and have a small motion range. In this study, a summary of these singularity-invariant leg rearrangements is presented, and their practical implications are illustrated with several examples including well-known architectures.