This work studies in detail how the judicial application of compliance in parallel manipulators can produce manipulators that require significantly lower actuator effort within a range of desired operating conditions. We propose a framework that uses the Jacobian matrices of redundant parallel manipulators to consider the influence of compliance both in parallel with the actuated joints as well as the passive joints, greatly simplifying previous approaches. We also propose a simple optimization procedure to maximize the motor force reduction for desired regions of the workspace and range of external forces. We then apply the method to a Stewart-Gough platform and to a 3-URS (universal rotational and spherical joint) manipulator. Our results show that parallel manipulators with tasks that involve a preferred external force direction, as for instance, big weights in the platform, can see large reductions in actuator effort through the judicial use of compliant joints without significantly losing rigidity.
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Actuation Torque Reduction in Parallel Robots Using Joint Compliance
Júlia Borràs,
Júlia Borràs
Department of Mechanical Engineering
and Materials Science,
e-mail: julia.borrassol@yale.edu
and Materials Science,
Yale University
,New Haven, CT 06520
e-mail: julia.borrassol@yale.edu
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Aaron M. Dollar
Aaron M. Dollar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
and Materials Science,
e-mail: aaron.dollar@yale.edu
and Materials Science,
Yale University
,New Haven, CT 06520
e-mail: aaron.dollar@yale.edu
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Júlia Borràs
Department of Mechanical Engineering
and Materials Science,
e-mail: julia.borrassol@yale.edu
and Materials Science,
Yale University
,New Haven, CT 06520
e-mail: julia.borrassol@yale.edu
Aaron M. Dollar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
and Materials Science,
e-mail: aaron.dollar@yale.edu
and Materials Science,
Yale University
,New Haven, CT 06520
e-mail: aaron.dollar@yale.edu
Contributed by the Mechanisms and Robotics Committee of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF MECHANISMS AND ROBOTICS. Manuscript received April 22, 2013; final manuscript received December 20, 2013; published online March 4, 2014. Assoc. Editor: Andreas Müller.
J. Mechanisms Robotics. May 2014, 6(2): 021006 (11 pages)
Published Online: March 4, 2014
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Received:
April 22, 2013
Revision Received:
December 20, 2013
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Borràs, J., and Dollar, A. M. (March 4, 2014). "Actuation Torque Reduction in Parallel Robots Using Joint Compliance." ASME. J. Mechanisms Robotics. May 2014; 6(2): 021006. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4026628
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