Design and analytical kinematics of a robot wrist based on a parallel mechanism

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Abstract

This paper proposes a new humanoid robot wrist with forearm based on a 3SPS-1S parallel mechanism. This parallel mechanism has a central strut to increase the stiffness of the platform and constrain the platform to have wrist motion. Inverse and forward kinematics is solved analytically based on the geometrical constraint equations and Dixon's resultant is used in the forward displacement analysis which is a difficult problem in parallel mechanism research. A numerical example is given to validate those theoretical results. Workspace of the new wrist is also discussed and comparison is made with the human wrist. The new wrist shows potential to improve robot performance by integrating advantages of parallel mechanisms.

Original languageBritish English
Title of host publication2012 World Automation Congress, WAC 2012
StatePublished - 2012
Event2012 World Automation Congress, WAC 2012 - Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Duration: 24 Jun 201228 Jun 2012

Publication series

NameWorld Automation Congress Proceedings
ISSN (Print)2154-4824
ISSN (Electronic)2154-4832

Conference

Conference2012 World Automation Congress, WAC 2012
Country/TerritoryMexico
CityPuerto Vallarta
Period24/06/1228/06/12

Keywords

  • kinematics
  • parallel mechanism
  • robot wrist
  • workspace

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