Kinematic Analysis of a Serial-Parallel Hybrid Mechanism and its Application to a Wheel-Legged Robot

Autor: Jianye Niu, Hongbo Wang, Zhiwen Jiang, Li Chen, Jianjun Zhang, Yongfei Feng, Shijie Guo
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: IEEE Access, Vol 8, Pp 111931-111944 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2169-3536
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3001653
Popis: A three-DOF (degree-of-freedom) serial-parallel hybrid mechanism is proposed that consists of a 2-UPS+U component (UPS: universal-/prismatic-/spherical-joint chain and U: universal joint) and an R+RPS component (R: revolute joint and RPS: revolute-/prismatic-/spherical-joint chain). This mechanism can provide high precision and a large workspace, which indicates its applicability to wheel-legged robots. To verify our proposal, a mobility analysis showed that the mechanism simultaneously achieved three rotational movements. Then, the inverse/forward position analysis, velocity analysis, acceleration analysis, and stiffness analysis were carried out. Finally, a prototype of the mechanism was fabricated and its position error was found to be
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