A novel parallel robot, dubbed the SDelta, is the subject of this paper. SDelta is a simpler alternative to both the well-known Stewart–Gough platform (SGP) and current three-limb, full-mobility parallel robots, as it contains fewer components and all its motors are located on the base. This reduces the inertial load on the system, making it a good candidate for high-speed operations. SDelta features a symmetric structure; its forward-displacement analysis leads to a system of three quadratic equations in three unknowns, which admits up to eight solutions, or half the number of those admitted by the SGP. The kinematic analysis, undertaken with a geometrical method based on screw theory, leads to two Jacobian matrices, whose singularity conditions are investigated. Instead of using the determinant of a 6 × 6 matrix, we derive one simple expression that characterizes the singularity condition. This approach is also applicable to a large number of parallel robots whose six actuation wrench axes intersect pairwise, such as all three-limb parallel robots whose limbs include, each, a passive spherical joint. The workspace is analyzed via a geometric method, while the dexterity analysis is conducted via discretization. Both show that the given robot has the potential to offer both large workspace and good dexterity with a proper choice of design variables.
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A Novel Three-Loop Parallel Robot With Full Mobility: Kinematics, Singularity, Workspace, and Dexterity Analysis
Wei Li,
Wei Li
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Centre for Intelligent Machines,
McGill University,
Montreal, QC H3A 0C3, Canada
e-mail: livey@cim.mcgill.ca
Centre for Intelligent Machines,
McGill University,
Montreal, QC H3A 0C3, Canada
e-mail: livey@cim.mcgill.ca
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Jorge Angeles
Jorge Angeles
Professor
Fellow ASME
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Centre for Intelligent Machines,
McGill University,
Montreal, QC H3A 0C3, Canada
e-mail: angeles@cim.mcgill.ca
Fellow ASME
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Centre for Intelligent Machines,
McGill University,
Montreal, QC H3A 0C3, Canada
e-mail: angeles@cim.mcgill.ca
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Wei Li
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Centre for Intelligent Machines,
McGill University,
Montreal, QC H3A 0C3, Canada
e-mail: livey@cim.mcgill.ca
Centre for Intelligent Machines,
McGill University,
Montreal, QC H3A 0C3, Canada
e-mail: livey@cim.mcgill.ca
Jorge Angeles
Professor
Fellow ASME
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Centre for Intelligent Machines,
McGill University,
Montreal, QC H3A 0C3, Canada
e-mail: angeles@cim.mcgill.ca
Fellow ASME
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Centre for Intelligent Machines,
McGill University,
Montreal, QC H3A 0C3, Canada
e-mail: angeles@cim.mcgill.ca
1Corresponding author.
Manuscript received October 3, 2016; final manuscript received June 10, 2017; published online August 4, 2017. Assoc. Editor: Andreas Mueller.
J. Mechanisms Robotics. Oct 2017, 9(5): 051003 (10 pages)
Published Online: August 4, 2017
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Received:
October 3, 2016
Revised:
June 10, 2017
Citation
Li, W., and Angeles, J. (August 4, 2017). "A Novel Three-Loop Parallel Robot With Full Mobility: Kinematics, Singularity, Workspace, and Dexterity Analysis." ASME. J. Mechanisms Robotics. October 2017; 9(5): 051003. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4037112
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