The design of a novel parallel haptic device

A novel haptic device which is characterized by large workspace, high rigidity, simple kinematics and easy construction is presented. This device is a parallel mechanism which is composed of a base plate, three sub-chains, and a mobile plate. Each sub-chain is attached to the base plate through a pin joint and to the top plate through a spherical joint. The sub-chain is derived from and kinematically equivalent to a pantograph linkage but is redesigned to solve the difficult problem of motor-fitting. The spherical joint is of the ball-in-socket type, but has much larger workspace than its regular counterpart. The kinematics is analyzed, and the inverse kinematics analysis is performed with a geometric approach. The complete workspace is readily obtained with the spherical coordinate system searching method. The optimal value of the cone angle of the spherical joint is shown to be 100°.     

工业机器人最优轨迹规划算法

为优化机器人的工作性能,在分析工业并联机器人工作特性的基础上,将执行时间最优、跃度最小、能量最小、运动学和动力学约束为目标函数,应用惩罚函数法并加入初始速度、加速度、跃度和力矩约束,且目标约束条件中加入谐振频率限制,依据所建立的目标函数进行了遗传算法优化求解,对所得结果进行了三次样条插值,并在一台三自由度的工业搬运并联机械手上进行了实验。结果表明,在保证工作效率和节约能量的条件下,该轨迹规划方法可以减少机械部分的跃度,避免机械部分的谐振,降低机械和电机的磨损。