Affiliation:
1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
Abstract
This paper introduces a novel dexterous 3-DOF parallel wrist-gripper assembly with a large singularity-free range of motion. It consists of a zero-torsion 2-DOF parallel wrist and a 1-DOF parallel gripper. The wrist produces a 2-DOF sphere-on-sphere pure rolling motion. This large singularity-free 2-DOF sphere-on-sphere pure rolling motion of the wrist allows for smooth and precise manipulation of objects in various orientations, making it suitable for applications such as assembly, pick-and-place, and inspection tasks. Using a geometrical approach, analytical solutions for the inverse and forward kinematics problems of the wrist and gripper are derived. From the inverse kinematic equations, the Jacobian matrices are derived and it is shown that the whole workspace is free of type I and type II singularities. It is shown that with a proper choice of design variables, a large singularity-free range of motion can be obtained. The absence of singularities in the whole workspace of the wrist-gripper assembly is an important feature that enhances its reliability. Finally, the correctness of the derived equations for the wrist inverse and forward kinematics are verified using MSC Adams. These results confirm the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed parallel wrist-gripper assembly. Overall, the novel parallel wrist-gripper assembly presented in this paper demonstrates great potential for improving the efficiency and flexibility of robotic manipulators in a variety of industrial and research applications.
Funder
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Subject
Control and Optimization,Control and Systems Engineering
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