Design Control and Performance of a Cable-driving Module with External Encoder and Force Sensor for Cable-Driven Parallel Robots

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-63
Author(s):  
Hao An ◽  
Yongqing Zhang ◽  
Han Yuan ◽  
Wenfu Xu ◽  
Xin Wang
Keyword(s):  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Modular Design ◽  
Impedance Control ◽  
Tracking Error ◽  
Force Sensor ◽  
Parallel Robots ◽  
Control Mode ◽  
Control Error ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Rapid Deployment

Abstract Cable-driven parallel robots (CDPRs) have the characteristic of easy deployment, which endows CDPRs with flexible workspace, freely configurable degrees of freedom (DOF), and various configurations, greatly expanding their range of applications. Modular design provides excellent convenience and feasibility for deployment, which is a crucial issue of CDPR design. A highly integrated cable-driving module is designed in this paper, which includes the winding bobbin, servo motor, force sensor, external encoder, electromagnetic brake, as well as other devices. Experiments show that the maximum cable length control error is less than 0.16%, and the maximum cable tension control error is less than 8% in the back-and-forward rotation test. Furthermore, using the proposed module, a CDPR with eight cables and 6 DOFs is constructed rapidly, whose dimension is 850×850×650 mm3. Results show that the robot's trajectory errors are all less than 4.5 mm, and the Root-Mean-Square-Error (RMSE) is 2.1 mm. Besides, the compliance control experiments show that the robot's tracking error in impedance control mode is less than 2 mm, and the RMSE is 0.95 mm. Moreover, the dragging force in teaching mode is less than 2.5 N, which demonstrates good follow-up performance. The proposed compact cable-driving module with high precision could be helpful for the design and rapid deployment of modular CDPRs.

scholarly journals Design and Experiment of a Compact Cable-Driving Module for Reconfigurable Cable-Driven Parallel Robots

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Han Yuan ◽  
Hao An ◽  
Yongqing Zhang ◽  
Wenfu Xu
Keyword(s):  
High Precision ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Modular Design ◽  
Tracking Error ◽  
Parallel Robots ◽  
Tension Control ◽  
Control Mode ◽  
Cable Tension ◽  
Control Error ◽  
Cable Length

Abstract Cable-driven parallel robots (CDPRs) have the characteristics of reconfigurability, which endows CDPRs with flexible workspace, freely configurable degrees of freedom and various configurations, greatly expanding their range of applications. Modular design provides great convenience and feasibility for the realization of reconfiguration, which is a key issue of reconfiguration research. However, most existing CDPRs have problems of low modularity and low system integration, which brings inconvenience to the realization of reconfiguration. In this paper, a highly integrated and high precision cable-driving module is designed, which can accurately control the length and tension of the cable. In addition, experimental verification is performed. The single-module experiment shows that the module has good ability for cable length and cable tension control. The cable length control error is less than 0.2mm, and the cable tension control error is less than 0.8N. Furthermore, based on the proposed module, a CDPR with 8 cables and 6 degrees of freedom is constructed rapidly. The open-loop tracking error of the robot is measured by laser tracker. Results show that the tracking error is less than 4.5mm and the Root-Mean-Square-Error (RMSE) is 2.1mm. Besides, the compliance control experiment of the robot shows that the tracking error in impedance control mode is less than 2mm, and the RMSE is 0.95mm, and the drag force in teaching mode is less than 2.5N, which demonstrates good follow-up performance. The proposed compact cable-driving module with high precision could be useful for the design and rapid construction of reconfigurable CDPRs.

Educational Force Control Using a Modular 2-DOF Serial Robot Manipulator and Low-Cost 2-DOF Force Sensor

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Mascaro
Keyword(s):  
Force Control ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Hybrid Control ◽  
Robot Manipulator ◽  
Impedance Control ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Force Sensor ◽  
Physical Contact ◽  
Dynamic Force ◽  
Control Techniques

Abstract This paper describes a modular 2-DOF serial robotic system and accompanying experiments that have been developed to instruct robotics students in the fundamentals of dynamic force control. In prior work, we used this same robot to showcase and compare the performance of a variety of textbook techniques for dynamic motion control (i.e. fast/accurate trajectory tracking using dynamic model-based and robust control techniques). In this paper we now add a low-cost 3D-printed 2-DOF force sensor to this modular robot and demonstrate a variety of force control techniques for use when the robot is in physical contact with the environment. These include stiffness control, impedance control, admittance control, and hybrid position/force control. Each of these various force control schemes can be first simulated and then experimentally implemented using a MATLAB/Simulink real-time interface. The two-degrees of freedom are just enough to demonstrate how the manipulator Jacobian can be used to implement directional impedances in operational space, and to demonstrate how hybrid control can implement position and force control in different axes. This paper will describe the 2-DOF robot system including the custom force sensor, illustrate the various force control methods that can be implemented, and demonstrate sample results from these experiments.

Sensitivity Comparison to Loop Latencies Between Damping Versus Stiffness Feedback Control Action in Distributed Controllers

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ye Zhao ◽  
Nicholas Paine ◽  
Luis Sentis
Keyword(s):  
Closed Loop ◽  
Impedance Control ◽  
Tracking Error ◽  
Loop System ◽  
Tracking Performance ◽  
System Stability ◽  
Step Response ◽  
Tracking Accuracy ◽  
Closed Loop System ◽  
And Performance

This paper studies the effects of damping and stiffness feedback loop latencies on closed-loop system stability and performance. Phase margin stability analysis, step response performance and tracking accuracy are respectively simulated for a rigid actuator with impedance control. Both system stability and tracking performance are more sensitive to damping feedback than stiffness feedback latencies. Several comparative tests are simulated and experimentally implemented on a real-world actuator to verify our conclusion. This discrepancy in sensitivity motivates the necessity of implementing embedded damping, in which damping feedback is implemented locally at the low level joint controller. A direct benefit of this distributed impedance control strategy is the enhancement of closed-loop system stability. Using this strategy, feedback effort and thus closed-loop actuator impedance may be increased beyond the levels possible for a monolithic impedance controller. High impedance is desirable to minimize tracking error in the presence of disturbances. Specially, trajectory tracking accuracy is tested by a fast swing and a slow stance motion of a knee joint emulating NASA-JSC’s Valkyrie legged robot. When damping latencies are lowered beyond stiffness latencies, gravitational disturbance is rejected, thus demonstrating the accurate tracking performance enabled by a distributed impedance controller.

scholarly journals Design and implementation of a multi-degrees-of-freedom cable-driven parallel robot with gripper

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 172988141880384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonqlan Lin ◽  
Chi Ying Wu ◽  
Julian Chang
Keyword(s):  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Load Capacity ◽  
Kinematic Model ◽  
Weight Ratio ◽  
Parallel Robot ◽  
Parallel Robots ◽  
Control Mode ◽  
Level Control ◽  
End Effector ◽  
Upper Level

Cable-driven parallel robots comprise driven actuators that allow controlled cables to act in parallel on an end-effector. Such a robotic system has a potentially large reachable workspace, large load capacity, high payload-to-weight ratio, high reconfigurability, and low inertia, relative to rigid link serial and parallel robots. In this work, a multi-degrees-of-freedom cable-suspended robot that can carry out pick-and-place tasks in large workspaces with heavy loads is designed. The proposed cable-driven parallel robot is composed of a rigid frame and an end-effector that is suspended from eight cables—four upper cables and four lower cables. The lengths of the cables are computed from the given positions of the suspended end-effector using a kinematic model. However, most multi-cable-driven robots suffer from interference among the cables, requiring a complex control methodology to find a target goal. Owing to this issue with cable-driven parallel robots, the whole control structure decomposes positioning control missions and allocates them into upper level and lower level. The upper level control is responsible for tracking the suspended end-effector to the target region. The lower level control makes fine positional modifications. Experimental results reveal that the hybrid control mode notably improves positioning performance. The wide variety of issues that are considered in this work apply to aerostats, towing cranes, locomotion interfaces, and large-scale manufacturing that require cable-driven parallel robots.

An upper-body rehabilitation exoskeleton Harmony with an anatomical shoulder mechanism: Design, modeling, control, and performance evaluation

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 414-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bongsu Kim ◽  
Ashish D Deshpande
Keyword(s):  
Range Of Motion ◽  
Control Algorithm ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Impedance Control ◽  
Spatial Dynamics ◽  
Upper Body ◽  
Task Space ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Series Elastic Actuators

We present an upper-body exoskeleton for rehabilitation, called Harmony, that provides natural coordinated motions on the shoulder with a wide range of motion, and force and impedance controllability. The exoskeleton consists of an anatomical shoulder mechanism with five active degrees of freedom, and one degree of freedom elbow and wrist mechanisms powered by series elastic actuators. The dynamic model of the exoskeleton is formulated using a recursive Newton–Euler algorithm with spatial dynamics representation. A baseline control algorithm is developed to achieve dynamic transparency and scapulohumeral rhythm assistance, and the coupled stability of the robot–human system at the baseline control is investigated. Experiments were conducted to evaluate the kinematic and dynamic characteristics of the exoskeleton. The results show that the exoskeleton exhibits good kinematic compatibility to the human body with a wide range of motion and performs task-space force and impedance control behaviors reliably.

scholarly journals A 4-DOF Upper Limb Exoskeleton for Physical Assistance: Design, Modeling, Control and Performance Evaluation

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (13) ◽  
pp. 5865
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ahsan Gull ◽  
Mikkel Thoegersen ◽  
Stefan Hein Bengtson ◽  
Mostafa Mohammadi ◽  
Lotte N. S. Andreasen Struijk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Upper Limb ◽  
Tracking Control ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Mechanical Design ◽  
Trajectory Tracking Control ◽  
Upper Limb Exoskeleton ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Physically Disabled People ◽  
Human Upper Limb

Wheelchair mounted upper limb exoskeletons offer an alternative way to support disabled individuals in their activities of daily living (ADL). Key challenges in exoskeleton technology include innovative mechanical design and implementation of a control method that can assure a safe and comfortable interaction between the human upper limb and exoskeleton. In this article, we present a mechanical design of a four degrees of freedom (DOF) wheelchair mounted upper limb exoskeleton. The design takes advantage of non-backdrivable mechanism that can hold the output position without energy consumption and provide assistance to the completely paralyzed users. Moreover, a PD-based trajectory tracking control is implemented to enhance the performance of human exoskeleton system for two different tasks. Preliminary results are provided to show the effectiveness and reliability of using the proposed design for physically disabled people.

scholarly journals A modular design method based on TRIZ and AD and its application to cutter changing robot

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 168781402110343
Author(s):  
Mei Yang ◽  
Yimin Xia ◽  
Lianhui Jia ◽  
Dujuan Wang ◽  
Zhiyong Ji
Keyword(s):  
Modular Design ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Idea Generation ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Problem Analysis ◽  
Concept Design ◽  
Functional Requirements ◽  
Shield Tunneling ◽  
Structural Hierarchy ◽  
And Performance

Modular design, Axiomatic design (AD) and Theory of inventive problem solving (TRIZ) have been increasingly popularized in concept design of modern mechanical product. Each method has their own advantages and drawbacks. The benefit of modular design is reducing the product design period, and AD has the capability of problem analysis, while TRIZ’s expertise is innovative idea generation. According to the complementarity of these three approaches, an innovative and systematic methodology is proposed to design big complex mechanical system. Firstly, the module partition is executed based on scenario decomposition. Then, the behavior attributes of modules are listed to find the design contradiction, including motion form, spatial constraints, and performance requirements. TRIZ tools are employed to deal with the contradictions between behavior attributes. The decomposition and mapping of functional requirements and design parameters are carried out to construct the structural hierarchy of each module. Then, modules are integrated considering the connections between each other. Finally, the operation steps in application scenario are designed in temporal and spatial dimensions. Design of cutter changing robot for shield tunneling machine is taken as an example to validate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method.

scholarly journals Velocity and acceleration level inverse kinematic calculation alternatives for redundant manipulators

Meccanica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dóra Patkó ◽  
Ambrus Zelei
Keyword(s):  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Direct Method ◽  
Tracking Error ◽  
Inverse Kinematic ◽  
Linear Feedback ◽  
Joint Position ◽  
Stability Properties ◽  
Acceleration Level ◽  
Error Elimination ◽  
The Stability

AbstractFor both non-redundant and redundant systems, the inverse kinematics (IK) calculation is a fundamental step in the control algorithm of fully actuated serial manipulators. The tool-center-point (TCP) position is given and the joint coordinates are determined by the IK. Depending on the task, robotic manipulators can be kinematically redundant. That is when the desired task possesses lower dimensions than the degrees-of-freedom of a redundant manipulator. The IK calculation can be implemented numerically in several alternative ways not only in case of the redundant but also in the non-redundant case. We study the stability properties and the feasibility of a tracking error feedback and a direct tracking error elimination approach of the numerical implementation of IK calculation both on velocity and acceleration levels. The feedback approach expresses the joint position increment stepwise based on the local velocity or acceleration of the desired TCP trajectory and linear feedback terms. In the direct error elimination concept, the increment of the joint position is directly given by the approximate error between the desired and the realized TCP position, by assuming constant TCP velocity or acceleration. We investigate the possibility of the implementation of the direct method on acceleration level. The investigated IK methods are unified in a framework that utilizes the idea of the auxiliary input. Our closed form results and numerical case study examples show the stability properties, benefits and disadvantages of the assessed IK implementations.

scholarly journals Observer-based robust integral of the sign of the error control of class I of underactuated mechanical systems: Theory and real-time experiments

2021 ◽  
pp. 014233122110313
Author(s):  
Afef Hfaiedh ◽  
Ahmed Chemori ◽  
Afef Abdelkrim
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Error Control ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Sliding Mode ◽  
Mechanical Systems ◽  
Class I ◽  
Control Input ◽  
Underactuated Mechanical Systems ◽  
Control Scheme ◽  
And Performance

In this paper, the control problem of a class I of underactuated mechanical systems (UMSs) is addressed. The considered class includes nonlinear UMSs with two degrees of freedom and one control input. Firstly, we propose the design of a robust integral of the sign of the error (RISE) control law, adequate for this special class. Based on a change of coordinates, the dynamics is transformed into a strict-feedback (SF) form. A Lyapunov-based technique is then employed to prove the asymptotic stability of the resulting closed-loop system. Numerical simulation results show the robustness and performance of the original RISE toward parametric uncertainties and disturbance rejection. A comparative study with a conventional sliding mode control reveals a significant robustness improvement with the proposed original RISE controller. However, in real-time experiments, the amplification of the measurement noise is a major problem. It has an impact on the behaviour of the motor and reduces the performance of the system. To deal with this issue, we propose to estimate the velocity using the robust Levant differentiator instead of the numerical derivative. Real-time experiments were performed on the testbed of the inertia wheel inverted pendulum to demonstrate the relevance of the proposed observer-based RISE control scheme. The obtained real-time experimental results and the obtained evaluation indices show clearly a better performance of the proposed observer-based RISE approach compared to the sliding mode and the original RISE controllers.

scholarly journals Soft Spherical Tensegrity Robot Design Using Rod-Centered Actuation and Control

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee-Huang Chen ◽  
Kyunam Kim ◽  
Ellande Tang ◽  
Kevin Li ◽  
Richard House ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Space Exploration ◽  
Robot Design ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Flexible Design ◽  
Spherical Robot ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
And Performance ◽  
And Control

This paper presents the design, analysis and testing of a fully actuated modular spherical tensegrity robot for co-robotic and space exploration applications. Robots built from tensegrity structures (composed of pure tensile and compression elements) have many potential benefits including high robustness through redundancy, many degrees of freedom in movement and flexible design. However to fully take advantage of these properties a significant fraction of the tensile elements should be active, leading to a potential increase in complexity, messy cable and power routing systems and increased design difficulty. Here we describe an elegant solution to a fully actuated tensegrity robot: The TT-3 (version 3) tensegrity robot, developed at UC Berkeley, in collaboration with NASA Ames, is a lightweight, low cost, modular, and rapidly prototyped spherical tensegrity robot. This robot is based on a ball-shaped six-bar tensegrity structure and features a unique modular rod-centered distributed actuation and control architecture. This paper presents the novel mechanism design, architecture and simulations of TT-3, the first untethered, fully actuated cable-driven six-bar tensegrity spherical robot ever built and tested for mobility. Furthermore, this paper discusses the controls and preliminary testing performed to observe the system’s behavior and performance.

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