• DocumentCode
    1386432
  • Title

    Closed-form forward position kinematics for a (3-1-1-1)2 fully parallel manipulator

  • Author

    Bruyninckx, Herman

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Mech. Eng., Katholieke Univ., Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium
  • Volume
    14
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    4/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    326
  • Lastpage
    328
  • Abstract
    This paper derives closed-form equations to solve the forward position kinematics of fully parallel manipulators with a 3-1-1-1 architecture on both the (planar) base and top platforms; the tetrahedrons emerging from the base and top platforms must have one leg in common. The closed-form solutions allow real-time execution on standard computer hardware: since only a few linear and quadratic equations have to be solved, all eight configurations can be found within milliseconds
  • Keywords
    computational complexity; manipulator kinematics; (3-1-1-1)2 fully parallel manipulator; closed-form forward position kinematics; linear equations; quadratic equations; tetrahedrons; Closed-form solution; Computer architecture; Hardware; Leg; Length measurement; Manipulators; Mechanical engineering; Nonlinear equations; Polynomials; Robot kinematics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Robotics and Automation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1042-296X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/70.681251
  • Filename
    681251