Co-designing hardware and control for robot hands

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (54) ◽  
pp. eabg2133
Author(s):  
Tianjian Chen ◽  
Zhanpeng He ◽  
Matei Ciocarlie
Keyword(s):  
Robot Manipulators ◽  
Gradient Methods ◽  
Robot Hands ◽  
Policy Gradient ◽  
And Control

Policy gradient methods can be used for mechanical and computational co-design of robot manipulators.

Micro/Macro or Link-Integrated Micro-actuator Manipulation—A Kinematics and Dynamics Perspective

2006 ◽  
Vol 129 (10) ◽  
pp. 1086-1093 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Zhang ◽  
J. Rastegar
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Response ◽  
Closed Loop ◽  
Robot Manipulator ◽  
Robot Manipulators ◽  
High Harmonic ◽  
Kinematics And Dynamics ◽  
Control Problems ◽  
End Effector ◽  
Micro Actuators ◽  
And Control

Smart (active) materials based actuators, hereinafter called micro-actuators, have been shown to be well suited for the elimination of high harmonics in joint and/or end-effector motions of robot manipulators and in the reduction of actuator dynamic response requirements. Low harmonic joint and end-effector motions, as well as low actuator dynamic response requirements, are essential for a robot manipulator to achieve high operating speed and precision with minimal vibration and control problems. Micro-actuators may be positioned at the end-effector to obtain a micro- and macro-robot manipulation configuration. Alternatively, micro-actuators may be integrated into the structure of the links to vary their kinematics parameters, such as their lengths during the motion. In this paper, the kinematics and dynamics consequences of each of the aforementioned alternative are studied for manipulators with serial and closed-loop chains. It is shown that for robot manipulators constructed with closed-loop chains, the high harmonic components of all joint motions can be eliminated only when micro-actuators are integrated into the structure of the closed-loop chain links. The latter configuration is also shown to have dynamics advantage over micro- and macro-manipulator configuration by reducing the potential vibration and control problems at high operating speeds. The conclusions reached in this study also apply to closed-loop chains of parallel and cooperating robot manipulators.

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