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2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Sneha Patel ◽  
Sami Alkadri ◽  
Mark Driscoll

Most surgical simulators leverage virtual or bench models to simulate reality. This study proposes and validates a method for workspace configuration of a surgical simulator which utilizes a haptic device for interaction with a virtual model and a bench model to provide additional tactile feedback based on planned surgical manoeuvers. Numerical analyses were completed to determine the workspace and position of a haptic device, relative to the bench model, used in the surgical simulator, and the determined configuration was validated using device limitations and user data from surgical and nonsurgical users. For the validation, surgeons performed an identical surgery on a cadaver prior to using the simulator, and their trajectories were then compared to the determined workspace for the haptic device. The configuration of the simulator was determined appropriate through workspace analysis and the collected user trajectories. Statistical analyses suggest differences in trajectories between the participating surgeons which were not affected by the imposed haptic workspace. This study, therefore, demonstrates a method to optimally position a haptic device with respect to a bench model while meeting the manoeuverability needs of a surgical procedure. The validation method identified workspace position and user trajectory towards ideal configuration of a mixed reality simulator.


2021 ◽  
pp. 73-81
Author(s):  
Bing Xu ◽  
Decong Zheng ◽  
Jiaxin Wang ◽  
Youzhi Yang

In order to improve the seed filling performance of mechanical hole type seed metering device with high speed, a vertical disc metering device was designed with seed agitator to improve the seed filling probability. Discrete element simulation method and physical prototype bench tests were used to simulate and analyse the seed metering process. The structure parameters of the seed agitators were optimized by the quadratic orthogonal rotation central composite design test. The results showed that: 1) the addition of seed agitator had a significant influence on the MIS (miss index), among which the concave type had the lowest MIS, and it was the highest without agitator; 2) for concave type agitator, the optimal value of depth and angle were 3.1 mm and 60.5°, respectively; 3) the physical prototype tests showed that the QFI (quality of feed index) was more than 95% under the speed of 2-10 km/h, and the MIS was less than 1%, which meets the requirements of precision sowing.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 244
Author(s):  
Vu N. D. Kieu ◽  
Shyh-Chour Huang

Cable-driven parallel robots (CDPRs) have several advantages and have been widely used in many industrial fields, especially industrial applications that require high dynamics, high payload capacity, and a large workspace. In this study, a design model for a CDPR system was proposed, and kinematic and dynamic modeling of the system was performed. Experiments were carried out to identify the dynamic modulus of elastic cables based on the dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) method. A modified kinematic equation considering cable nonlinear tension was developed to determine the optimal cable tension at each position of the end-effector, and the wrench-feasible workspace was analyzed at various motion accelerations. The simulation results show that the proposed CDPR system obtains a large workspace, and the overall workspace is satisfactory and unrestricted for moving ranges in directions limited by the X-axis and the Y-axis from −0.3 to 0.3 m and by the Z-axis from 0.1 to 0.7 m. The overall workspace was found to depend on the condition of acceleration as well as the moving ranges limited by the end-effector. With an increase in external acceleration, the cable tension distribution increased and reached a maximum in the case of 100 m/s2.


2021 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 104426
Author(s):  
Ishan Chawla ◽  
P.M. Pathak ◽  
Leila Notash ◽  
A.K. Samantaray ◽  
Qingguo Li ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehrnaz Aghanouri ◽  
Pejhman Kheradmand ◽  
Milad Mousavi ◽  
Hamid Moradi ◽  
Alireza Mirbagheri
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Author(s):  
Bo Hu ◽  
Yanping Lin ◽  
Shihang Chen ◽  
Fang Wang ◽  
Xiaojun Ma ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 2050 (1) ◽  
pp. 012018
Author(s):  
Qingfei Zeng ◽  
Xuemei Liu ◽  
Zhen Yang ◽  
Xiaocai Hu

Abstract Spray painting is crucial in the process of shipbuilding and runs through the whole process of shipbuilding. In order to obtain the good coating quality during the painting process, gantry type painting robot could be used because of its resource-saving and environment-friendly characteristics. Based on the structural parameters of the spray painting manipulator with 3DOF (Degree of freedom) gantry, the kinematic model of the painting robot system can be established. From the perspective of the two commonly working modes, namely 3P3R robot structure and the 3P6R redundant robot structure, their spraying workspace are analyzed. The result shows that the workspace volume of the 3P6R robot is much larger than that of the 3P3R robot. However, the inverse kinematics solution of 3P3R robot has analytical solution, which makes the control accurate and easy to use, and through the simulation, we can give the theoretical basis for the engineering.


Robotica ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Özgün Selvi

SUMMARY Overconstrained manipulators in lower subspaces with unique motions can be created and analyzed. However, far too little attention has been paid to creating a generic method for overconstrained manipulators kinematic analysis. This study aimed to evaluate a generic methodology for kinematic analysis of overconstrained parallel manipulators with partial subspaces (OPM-PS) using decomposition to parallel manipulators (PMs) in lower subspaces. The theoretical dimensions of the method are depicted, and the use of partial subspace for overconstrained manipulators is portrayed. The methodology for the decomposition method is described and exemplified by designing and evaluating the method to two overconstrained manipulators with 5 degrees of freedom (DoF) and 3 DoF. The inverse kinematic analysis is detailed with position analysis and Jacobian along with the inverse velocity analysis. The workspace analysis for the manipulators using the methodology is elaborated with numerical results. The results of the study show that OPM-PS can be decomposed into PMs with lower subspace numbers. As imaginary joints are being utilized in the proposed methodology, it will create additional data to consider in the design process of the manipulators. Thus, it becomes more beneficial in design scenarios that include workspace as an objective.


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