Integrated Design Approaches for Controlled Flexible Multibody Systems Available to Purchase

In industrial manipulators and machine tools modern lightweight designs result in low energy consumption and often allow high working speeds. However, undesired vibrations occur due to the flexibility of the bodies and the control of flexible multibody systems is often a challenging task. In order to achieve good end-effector tracking performance the mechanical design and the control design must be considered concurrently in the sense of an integrated design process. In this paper three different optimization based integrated design approaches for controlled flexible multibody systems are presented.