Dimensional synthesis of a 3-DOF parallel manipulator with full circle rotation

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 830-840 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanbing Ni ◽  
Nan Wu ◽  
Xueyong Zhong ◽  
Biao Zhang
2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 168781401664930 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanbing Ni ◽  
Cuiyan Shao ◽  
Biao Zhang ◽  
Wenxia Guo

Author(s):  
Yanbing Ni ◽  
Biao Zhang ◽  
Wenxia Guo ◽  
Cuiyan Shao

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a means of the kinematic calibration of a parallel manipulator with full-circle rotation. Design/methodology/approach An error-mapping model based on the space vector chain is formulated and parameter identification is proposed based on double ball-bar (DBB) measurements. The measurement trajectory is determined by the motion characteristics of this mechanism and whether the error sources can be identified. Error compensation is proposed by modifying the inputs, and a two-step kinematic calibration method is implemented. Findings The simulation and experiment results show that this kinematic calibration method is effective. The DBB length errors and the position errors in the end-effector of the parallel manipulator with full-circle rotation are greatly reduced after error compensation. Originality/value By establishing the mapping relationship between measured error data and geometric error sources, the error parameters of this mechanism are identified; thus, the pose errors are unnecessary to be measured directly. The effectiveness of the kinematic calibration method is verified by computer simulation and experiment. This proposed calibration method can help the novel parallel manipulator with full-circle rotation and other similar parallel mechanisms to improve their accuracy.


2013 ◽  
Vol 330 ◽  
pp. 639-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chung Huang Yu ◽  
Wen Yeuan Chung

This paper proposed a new manipulator design concept which leads to a single DOF system. The system composed of a moving platform and several supporting legs. It can execute the tasks of 3D body guidance or path generation and thus replace expensive manipulators with high DOF in some conditions. There are mainly two steps in designing this manipulator. The first step is type synthesis to determine the number and types of legs. Dimensional synthesis is then executed based on the movement requirements and geometrical constraints. In this study the reduction of the DOF is also analyzed for various legs added between the moving platform and the ground. A numerical example of executing 3D body guidance is given to verify the proposed new concept.


Author(s):  
Zhengsheng Chen ◽  
Minxiu Kong

To obtain excellent comprehensive performances of the planar parallel manipulator for the high-speed application, an integrated optimal design method, which integrated dimensional synthesis, motors/reducers selection, and control parameters tuning, is proposed, and the 3RRR parallel manipulator was taken as the example. The kinematic and dynamic performances of condition number, velocity index, acceleration capability, and low-order frequency are taken into accounts for the dimensional synthesis. Then, to match motors/reducers parameters and keep an economical cost, the constraint equations and the parameters library are built, and the cost is chosen as one of the optimization objectives. Also, to get high tracking accuracy, the dynamic forward plus proportional–derivative control scheme is introduced, and the tracking error is chosen as one of the optimization objectives. Hence, the optimization model including dimensional synthesis, motors/reducers selection and controller parameters tuning is established, which is solved by the genetic algorithm II (NSGA-II). The result shows that comprehensive performances can be effectively promoted through the proposed integrated optimal design, and the prototype was constructed according to the Pareto-optimal front.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Xu ◽  
Zongren Dai ◽  
Yifang Wang ◽  
Mingfang Li ◽  
Yidong Tan

<div> <p>An optical rotary sensor based on laser self-mixing interferometry is proposed, which enables noncontact and full-circle rotation measurement of non-cooperative targets with high resolution and sensitivity. The prototype demonstrates that the resolution is 0.1μrad and the linearity is 2.33×10<sup>-4</sup>. Stability of the prototype is 2μrad over 3600s and the repeatability error is below 0.84°under 9-gruop full-circle tests. The theoretical resolution reaches up to 16nrad. Random rotation has been successfully traced with a bionic hand to simulate the tremor process. Error analysis and limitation discussion have been also carried out in the paper. Although the accuracy needs further improvement compared with the best rotary sensor, this method has its unique advantages of non-cooperative target sensing, high sensitivity and electromagnetic immunity. Hence, the optical rotary sensor provides a promising alternative in precise rotation measurement, tremor tracing and nano-motion monitoring.</p> </div> <b><br></b>


Author(s):  
Nitish Kumar ◽  
Olivier Piccin ◽  
Bernard Bayle

This paper deals with the dimensional synthesis of a novel parallel manipulator for medical applications. This parallel mechanism has a novel 2T2R mobility derived from the targeted application of needle manipulation. The kinematic design of this 2T2R manipulator and its novelty are illustrated in relation to the percutaneous procedures. Due to the demanding constraints on its size and compactness, achieving a large workspace especially in orientation, is a rather difficult task. The workspace size and kinematic constraint analysis are considered for the dimensional synthesis of this 2T2R parallel mechanism. A dimensional synthesis algorithm based on the screw theory and the geometric analysis of the singularities is described. This algorithm also helps to eliminate the existence of voids inside the workspace. The selection of the actuated joints is validated. Finally, the dimensions of the structural parameters of the mechanism are calculated for achieving the required workspace within the design constraints of size, compactness and a preliminary prototype without actuators is presented.


Author(s):  
Oscar Altuzarra ◽  
Vi´ctor Petuya ◽  
Mo´nica Uri´zar ◽  
Alfonso Herna´ndez

An important difficulty in the design of parallel manipulators is their reduced practical workspace, due mainly to the existence of a complex singularity locus within the workspace. The workspace is divided into singularity-free regions according to assembly modes and working modes, and the dimensioning of parallel manipulators aims at the maximization of those regions. It is a common practice to restrict the manipulator’s motion to a specific singularity-free region. However, a suitable motion planning can enlarge the operational workspace by means of transitions of working mode and/or assembly mode. In this paper, the authors present an analytical procedure for obtaining the loci of cusp points of a parallel manipulator as algebraic expressions of its dimensional parameters. The purpose is to find an optimal design for non-singular transitions to be possible.


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