Unified Parameterization and Calibration of Serial, Parallel, and Hybrid Manipulators

Autor: Benjamin L. Moser, Joshua A. Gordon, Andrew J. Petruska
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Robotics, Vol 10, Iss 4, p 124 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2218-6581
DOI: 10.3390/robotics10040124
Popis: In this work, we present methods allowing parallel, hybrid, and serial manipulators to be analyzed, calibrated, and controlled with the same analytical tools. We introduce a general approach to describe any robotic manipulator using established serial-link representations. We use this framework to generate analytical kinematic and calibration Jacobians for general manipulator constructions using null space constraints and extend the methods to hybrid manipulator types with complex geometry. We leverage the analytical Jacobians to develop detailed expressions for post-calibration pose uncertainties that are applied to describe the relationship between data set size and post-calibration uncertainty. We demonstrate the calibration of a hybrid manipulator assembled from high precision calibrated industrial components resulting in 91.1 μm RMS position error and 71.2 μrad RMS rotation error, representing a 46.7% reduction compared to the baseline calibration of assembly offsets.
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