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Minimally actuated serial robot
| Content Provider | Scilit |
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| Author | Mann, Moshe P. Damti, Lior Tirosh, Gideon Zarrouk, David |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Description | SUMMARY In this paper, we propose a novel type of serial robot with minimal actuation. The robot is a serial rigid structure consisting of multiple links connected by passive joints and of movable actuators. The novelty of this robot is that the actuators travel over the links to a given joint and adjust the relative angle between the two adjacent links. The joints passively preserve their angles until one of the actuators moves them again. This actuation can be applied to any serial robot with two or more links. This unique configuration enables the robot to undergo the same wide range of motions typically associated with hyper-redundant robots but with much fewer actuators. The robot is modular and its size and geometry can be easily changed. We describe the robot's mechanical design and kinematics in detail and demonstrate its capabilities for obstacle avoidance with some simulated examples. In addition, we show how an experimental robot fitted with a single mobile actuator can maneuver through a confined space to reach its target. |
| Related Links | https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/575B9C17B4AD05E0CA5ABD5B62EEAD32/S0263574717000479a.pdf/div-class-title-minimally-actuated-serial-robot-div.pdf |
| Ending Page | 426 |
| Page Count | 19 |
| Starting Page | 408 |
| ISSN | 02635747 |
| e-ISSN | 14698668 |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0263574717000479 |
| Journal | Robotica |
| Issue Number | 3 |
| Volume Number | 36 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
| Publisher Date | 2018-03-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Robotica redundant Robot Minimal Actuation Motion Planning Mobile Actuator |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Control and Optimization Artificial Intelligence Rehabilitation Control and Systems Engineering Mechanical Engineering Computational Mechanics Modeling and Simulation Computer Science Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Software |
