Analytic Form Solution of the Forward Position Analysis of Three-Legged Parallel Mechanisms Generating SR-PS-RS Structures

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raffaele Di Gregorio
Keyword(s):  
Analytic Form ◽  
Form Solution ◽  
Parallel Mechanisms ◽  
Position Analysis

Analytic Form Solution of the Direct Position Analysis of a Wide Family of Three-Legged Parallel Manipulators

2005 ◽  
Vol 128 (1) ◽  
pp. 264-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raffaele Di Gregorio
Keyword(s):  
Analytic Form ◽  
Parallel Manipulators ◽  
Analytical Form ◽  
Form Solution ◽  
Kinematic Chains ◽  
Position Analysis ◽  
In Series ◽  
The One ◽  
Generic Structures ◽  
Wide Family

A wide family of parallel manipulators (PMs) is the one that groups all PMs with three legs where the legs become kinematic chains constituted of a passive spherical pair (S) in series with either a passive prismatic pair (P) or a passive revolute pair (R) when the actuators are locked. The topologies of the structures generated by these manipulators, when the actuators are locked, are ten. Two out of these topologies are the SR-2PS topology (one SR leg and two PS legs) and the SP-2RS topology (one SP leg and two RS legs). This paper presents two algorithms. The first one determines all the assembly modes of the SR-2PS structures. The second one determines all the assembly modes of the SP-2RS structures. The presented algorithms can be applied without changes to solve, in analytical form, the direct position analysis (DPA) of all the parallel manipulators that generate a SR-2PS structure or a SP-2RS structure when the actuators are locked. In particular, the closure equations of two generic structures, one of type SR-2PS and the other of type SP-2RS, are written. The eliminants of the two systems of equations are determined and the solution procedures are presented. Finally, the proposed procedures are applied to real cases. This work demonstrates that (i) the DPA solutions of any PM that becomes a SR-2PS structure are at most eight, and (ii) the DPA solutions of any PM that becomes a SP-2RS structure are at most sixteen.

Analytic Form Solution of the Direct Position Analysis of the SP-2RS Architectures

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raffaele Di Gregorio
Keyword(s):  
Polynomial Equation ◽  
Analytic Form ◽  
Parallel Manipulators ◽  
Equation System ◽  
Rigid Bodies ◽  
Form Solution ◽  
Position Analysis ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Non Linear System

When the actuators are locked, parallel manipulators (PMs) become parallel structures, that are structures constituted by two rigid bodies (platform and base) connected by a number of kinematic chains (limbs) with only passive kinematic pairs. A set of PMs is the one collecting the manipulators (SP-2RS architectures) which become structures with one limb of type SP and two limbs of type RS (P, R and S stand for prismatic pair, revolute pair and spherical pair respectively). The analytic determination of the assembly modes of the SP-2RS structures (i.e. the solution in analytic form of the direct position analysis of the SP-2RS architectures) has not been presented in the literature yet. This paper presents the solution in analytic form of the DPA of the SP-2RS architectures. In particular, the closure equation system of a generic SP-2RS structure is written in the form of three non-linear equations in three unknowns. The solution of the non-linear system is reduced to the determination of the roots of a sixteenth-degree univariate polynomial equation plus a simple back substitution procedure. The proposed solution algorithm is applied to a real case. The result of this study is that the solutions of the direct position analysis of all the SP-2RS architectures are at most sixteen and can be analytically determined through the proposed algorithm.

scholarly journals The Effect of the Optimization Selection of Position Analysis Route on the Forward Position Solutions of Parallel Mechanisms

Robotics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Huiping Shen ◽  
Qing Xu ◽  
Ju Li ◽  
Ting-li Yang
Keyword(s):  
Parallel Mechanism ◽  
Selection Criterion ◽  
Parallel Mechanisms ◽  
Position Analysis ◽  
Kinematics Modeling ◽  
Position Solution ◽  
Independent Loops ◽  
Selection Of

The forward position solution (FPS) of any complex parallel mechanism (PM) can be solved through solving in sequence all of the independent loops contained in the PM. Therefore, when solving the positions of a PM, all independent loops, especially the first loop, must be correctly selected. The optimization selection criterion of the position analysis route (PAR) proposed for the FPS is presented in this paper, which can not only make kinematics modeling and solving efficient but also make it easy to get its symbolic position solutions. Two three-translation PMs are used as the examples to illustrate the optimization selection of their PARs and obtain their symbolic position solutions.

scholarly journals A closed-form solution for the position analysis of a novel fully spherical parallel manipulator – ERRATUM

Robotica ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 1137-1137
Author(s):  
Javad Enferadi ◽  
Amir Shahi
Keyword(s):  
Closed Form ◽  
Parallel Manipulator ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Closed Form Solution ◽  
Form Solution ◽  
Position Analysis ◽  
Spherical Parallel Manipulator

There was an error in the spelling of the author's affiliation. Where the affiliation read “Department of mechanical engineering, Mashad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashad, Iran” it should instead have read “Department of mechanical engineering, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran”.The publisher regrets this error.

Forward Position Analysis of Nearly General Stewart Platforms

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
Change-de Zhang ◽  
Shin-Min Song
Keyword(s):  
Closed Form Solution ◽  
Polynomial Equation ◽  
Stewart Platform ◽  
Form Solution ◽  
Constraint Equations ◽  
Position Analysis ◽  
Order Polynomial ◽  
Moving Platform ◽  
Order Polynomial Equation ◽  
Simultaneous Elimination

Abstract This paper presents the closed-form solution of forward position analysis of the nearly general stewart platform, which consists of a base and a moving planar platforms connected by six extensible limbs through spherical joints in the two planar platforms. It becomes a general stewart platform if the centers are not constrained to those two planes. In this study, transformation matrix is used to represent the position of the moving platform. Based on the six dependency equations of the rotation matrix and the six constraint equations related to the six link lengths, a set of six 4-th degree equations in three unknowns are derived. Further derivations produce twenty-one dependent constraint equations. By simultaneous elimination of two unknowns a 20-th order polynomial equation in one unknown is obtained. Due to dual solutions of other unknowns, this indicates a maximum of forty possible solutions. The roots of this polynomial are solved numerically and the realistic solutions are constructed using computer graphics.

Geometry and Position Analysis of a Novel Class of Hybrid Manipulators

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Change-de Zhang ◽  
Shin-Min Song
Keyword(s):  
Closed Form ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Parallel Manipulators ◽  
Parallel Mechanisms ◽  
Serial Manipulators ◽  
Closed Form Solutions ◽  
Position Analysis ◽  
Hybrid Manipulator ◽  
Load Carrying ◽  
Inverse Position Analysis

Abstract This paper presents a novel class of hybrid manipulators composed of two serially connected parallel mechanisms, each of which has three degrees of freedom. The lower and upper platforms respectively control the position and orientation of the end-effector. The advantages of this type of hybrid manipulator are larger workspace (as compared with parallel manipulators) and better rigidity and higher load-carrying capability (as compared with serial manipulators). The closed-form solutions of the forward and inverse position analyses are discussed. For forward position analysis, it is shown that the resultant equation for the positional mechanism is an 8-th order, a 6-th order, a 4-th order, or a 2-nd order polynomial, depending on the geometry and joint types of the passive subchain, while for the orientational mechanism, it is an 8-th order, or a 2-nd polynomial depending on the geometry. For inverse position analysis, it is demonstrated that the positional and orientational mechanisms both possess analytical closed-form solutions.

Mobility Analysis of the 3-UPU Parallel Mechanism Assembled for a Pure Translational Motion

2002 ◽  
Vol 124 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raffaele Di Gregorio ◽  
Vincenzo Parenti-Castelli
Keyword(s):  
Path Planning ◽  
Parallel Mechanism ◽  
Translational Motion ◽  
Analytic Form ◽  
Geometric Interpretation ◽  
Parallel Mechanisms ◽  
Basic Information ◽  
Mobility Analysis ◽  
Singular Configurations ◽  
Translation Motion

The occurrence of singular configurations in parallel mechanisms must be avoided during motion since the actuators cannot control motion even in the neighborhood of these configurations. As a consequence, the knowledge of the singular configurations of the mechanism is important for control purposes, for singularity-free path planning, and also represents basic information for the synthesis of a desired mechanism workspace free from singularities. In this paper the mobility analysis of the 3-UPU parallel mechanism assembled for obtaining a pure translation motion of the output platform is performed and both translation and rotation singularity loci are presented in analytic form and their geometric interpretation is given.

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