Title
Workspace and singularity analysis of a 3-dof planar parallel manipulator with actuation redundancy
Abstract
This paper deals with the position workspace, orientation workspace, and singularity of a 3-degree-of-freedom (DOF) planar parallel manipulator with actuation redundancy, which is created by introducing a redundant link with active actuator to a 3-DOF nonredundant parallel manipulator. Based on the kinematic analysis, the position workspace and orientation workspace of the redundantly actuated parallel manipulator and its corresponding nonredundant parallel manipulator are analyzed, respectively. In the singularity analysis phase, the relationship between the generalized input velocity and the generalized output velocity is researched on the basis of the theory of singular value decomposition. Then a method to investigate the singularity of parallel manipulators is presented, which is used to determine the singularity of the redundantly actuated parallel manipulator. In contrast to the corresponding nonredundant parallel manipulator, the redundant one has larger orientation workspace and less singular configurations. The redundantly actuated parallel manipulator is incorporated into a 4-DOF hybrid machine tool which also includes a feed worktable to demonstrate its applicability.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1017/S0263574708004517
Robotica
Keywords
Field
DocType
larger orientation workspace,actuation redundancy,corresponding nonredundant parallel manipulator,parallel manipulator,3-dof planar parallel manipulator,singularity analysis phase,planar parallel manipulator,3-DOF nonredundant parallel manipulator,generalized input velocity,position workspace,generalized output velocity,orientation workspace
Parallel manipulator,Planar parallel manipulator,Singularity analysis,Control theory,Workspace,Singularity,Redundancy (engineering),Engineering
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
27
1
0263-5747
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
6
0.59
5
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jinsong Wang120831.68
Jun Wu24212.27
Tiemin Li3457.58
Xin-Jun Liu415532.61