Theoretical, Experimental and Numerical Analyses for Painlevé Paradox of Two-Link Robotic Manipulator System
Abstract When multi-rigid-body come into contact with a rough surface in certain configurations, multiple solutions or no solution would occur in the theoretical derivation of the dynamic equation, which is termed Painlevé paradox. In this paper, two-link robotic manipulator system as a kind of Painlevé paradox model is studied from theory, experiment and simulation. The theoretical solution is obtained by the linear complementary problem (LCP) method, which offers guidance to the experiment. Then the feasibility of experiment is validated by numerical simulation. For experiment, two-link robotic manipulator set-up is built. The apparatuses verify the continuity of two-link system motion as a function of initial configuration. The two-link robotic manipulator model is also built in LS-DYNA. The experiment and simulation results show that Painlevé paradox is always accompanied with dynamic jam. Meanwhile, there is no clear boundary between dynamic jam region and non-dynamic jam region derived as the LCP solution indicates. Instead, it tends to be a gradual change process with certain transformation law. Sticking-bounce motion is found in the experiment and simulation. Several different motion characteristics are concluded corresponding to the initial angles of the two links. The summary of the variation of dynamic responses is given for further studying the mechanism of tangential impact of similar robotic manipulator system, especially for guiding how to avoid such universal but unexpected action existing in robotic manipulator system.