... Sira-Ram´ ırez, Juan M Ibarra, Alfonso P´manes, Ilse Cervantes, Jos´ Alvareza e Ram´ ırez, Antoine Chaillet and Marco A Arteaga Special words of thanks go to Ricardo Campa who actively participated ... definitions are kept to a minimum; they are mainly present in Chapter (mathematical preliminaries) and some appendices Yet, when simplicity inthe language may induce mathematical ambiguity or ... organized in four main parts: I) Preliminaries, which contains the two chapters on robot dynamics, the chapter on mathematical preliminaries and the chapter describing the Pelican prototype Parts II and...
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... obtained is in general more imprecise than the analytic model since it largely depends on the inputs and the operating point1 However, in many cases it hasthe advantage of being much easier and quicker ... Due to the mechanical nature of robot manipulators, the laws of physics involved are basically the laws of mechanics On theother hand, from a dynamical systems viewpoint, an n-DOF system may be ... by arrays of real numbers ordered in n rows and m columns, ⎡ ⎤ a1 m a2 m ⎥ ⎥ ⎦ a 11 ⎢ a 21 A = {aij } = ⎢ ⎣ a1 2 a2 2 ··· ··· an1 an2 · · · anm A vector x ∈ IRn may be interpreted as a particular...
... Equations (3 .12 )– (3 .14 ) define a set of linear autonomous differential equations ˙ ˙ ˙ In terms ofthe state vector [q1 q2 q3 q1 q2 q3 ] , the equations (3 .12 ), (3 . 13 ) and (3 .14 ) may be expressed as ⎡ ... + m3 ] 1 + [m1 + m2 + m3 ]g = 1 q q [m1 + m2 ]¨2 = τ2 (3 .12 ) (3 . 13 ) m1 q3 = 3 ¨ (3 .14 ) where 1 , τ2 and 3 are the external forces applied at each joint Notice that in this example Equations ... the mathematical model ofa robot one typically starts by placing a 3- dimensional reference frame (e.g in Cartesian coordinates) at any location inthe base ofthe robot Here, axes will be labeled...
... Figure 3 .16 , for whichthe meaning ofthe constants and variables involved is as follows: z q2 m2 δ l1 ¢ 1 ¢ lc1 I1 , m1 q1 τ2 y x Figure 3 .16 Problem • m1 , m2 are the masses of links and ... Consider the 2-DOF robot depicted in Figure 3 .17 Such a robot hasa transmission composed ofa set of bar linkage at its second joint Assume that the mass ofthe lever of length l4 associated with actuator ... consulted inthe references which are listed at the end ofthe chapter and others are developed in Appendix C 4 .1 The Inertia Matrix The inertia matrix M (q) plays an important role both inthe robot’s...
... motion of link can be obtained as 1 ˙ m1 v Tv + I1 q1 2 1 2 = m1 lc1 q1 + I1 q1 ˙ ˙ 2 ˙ K1 (q, q) = (5 .1) On theother hand, the coordinates ofthe center of mass of link 2, expressed on the plane ... observe that the coordinates ofthe center of mass of link 1, expressed on the plane x–y, are x1 = lc1 sin(q1 ) y1 = −lc1 cos(q1 ) The velocity vector v ofthe center of mass of such a link is then, ... The meaning ofthe diverse constant parameters involved as well as their numerical values are summarized in Table 5 .1 Table 5 .1 Physical parameters of Pelican robot arm Description Notation Value...
... of another Lyapunov function which does not appeal to La Salle’s theorem Certainly, this alternative analysis is also valid for the study of (6.6) ˜ Note that we are not claiming that the matrix ... S., 19 81, A new feedback method for dynamic control of manipulators”, Transactions ASME, Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Vol 10 5, p 11 9 12 5 Also, the same analysis for the ... one finds that the control laws (6 .1) and (6.2) are indistinctly called “PD control” The common argument in favor of this ambiguous terminology is that inthe particular case when the vector of...
... Equation (8.22) To study the stability properties ofthe origin, consider nowthe following Lyapunov function candidate, which as a matter of fact, may be regarded as a generalization ofthe ... digital equipment (e.g ordinary personal computers) take a longer time than the evaluation ofthe ‘PD-part’ ofthe control law In certain applications, the (high) sampling frequency specified may ... equation Phenomena such as bifurcations of equilibria and catastrophic jumps may occur These types of phenomena appear even inthe case ofone single link with a revolute joint We present next an...
... Figure 11 .2 Diagram ofthe Pelican robot Example 11 .1 Consider the Pelican robot presented in Chapter 5, and shown in Figure 11 .2 The numerical values of its parameters are listed in Table 5 .1 Consider ... −0. 01 −0.02 10 t [s] Figure 11 .3 Graph of position errors against time Figure 11 .3 shows that the experimental tracking position errors ˜ q (t) remain acceptably small Although in view ofthe stability ... view ofthe practical aspects mentioned in Example 11 .1 (mainly friction phenomena), not vanish ♦ Comparing the experimental results in Figures 11 .5 and 11 .3, we see that PD control with compensation...
... use may yield catastrophic results in certain applications as we show inthe following example y g Link l1 lc1 x I1 m1 Link m2 q1 I2 q2 lc2 l2 Figure 12 .2 Diagram ofthe Pelican prototype Example ... motivates the quotes around “D” inthe names ofthe controllers As inother chapters appropriate references are presented at the end ofthe chapter 13 .1 P“D” Control with Gravity Compensation The ... a 3DOF Cartesian robot The dynamic model of this manipulator is an innocuous linear system 12 .1 Feedforward Control 267 Example 12 .2 Consider the 3- DOF Cartesian robot studied in Example 3. 4...