Kinetostatic Design of an Innovative Schönflies-Motion Generator
- 1 July 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science
- Vol. 220 (7), 935-943
- https://doi.org/10.1243/09544062jmes258
Abstract
In this paper, a novel parallel robot is introduced. The robot, a Schönflies-motion generator (SMG), is capable of a special class of motions, namely those produced with serial robots termed SCARA (selective-compliance assembly robot arm). These motions involve three independent translations and one rotation about an axis of fixed direction. Such motions are known to form a subgroup of the displacement group of rigid-body motions, termed the Schönflies subgroup. The SMG is composed of two identical four-degree-of-freedom serial chains in a parallel array, sharing one common base and one common moving platform. The proximal module of each chain is active and has two controlled axes, the motors being installed on the fixed base. The links can thus be made light, thereby allowing for higher operational speeds. The distal module, in turn, is passive and follows the motions of its active counterpart, the whole mechanism giving, as a result, a four-degree-of-freedom motion to its end platform.Keywords
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