Title :
Mechanism synthesis theory and the design of robots
Author :
McCarthy, J. Michael
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. & Aerosp. Eng., California Univ., Irvine, CA, USA
Abstract :
The synthesis theory for spatial linkage systems can be formulated in a way that is compatible with the geometric design of serial and parallel chain robotic systems. Mechanism design generally seeks exact solutions for a finite approximation, to the trajectory of a moving frame. In contrast, robots must have a six-degree-of-freedom workspace with specific characteristics such as shape and size. The paper describe an inventor´s environment that fits these workspaces to a designers specification. Current results yield the five-degree-of-freedom TS robot and four-degree-of-freedom CC robot that fit a desired continuous task
Keywords :
CAD; robots; software packages; continuous task; five-degree-of-freedom TS robot; four-degree-of-freedom CC robot; geometric design; inventor´s environment; mechanism synthesis theory; parallel chain robotic systems; serial chain robotic systems; six-degree-of-freedom workspace; spatial linkage systems; Aerospace engineering; Computer aided manufacturing; Couplings; Design automation; Design engineering; Parallel robots; Robot kinematics; Shape; Software tools; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 2000. Proceedings. ICRA '00. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5886-4
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.2000.844039