Title
Design and Kinematic Analysis of the Novel Almost Spherical Parallel Mechanism Active Ankle
Abstract
The novel mechanism Active Ankle features three degrees of freedom that operate in an almost spherical manner. In comparison to spherical devices, its design offers advantages such as high stiffness, a simple and robust construction, and a good stress distribution. In the present paper, a comprehensive study of the design, analysis, and control of the Active Ankle in its almost-spherical work modality is provided. In particular, the kinematic analysis of the mechanism is conducted, solving the full inverse, the rotative inverse, and the forward kinematic problems. In addition, the manipulator’s workspace is characterized and the kinematic control, that has been implemented on a prototype of Active Ankle, is presented together with experimental results that demonstrate the employability as an ankle joint in a full body exoskeleton.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1007/s10846-018-0792-x
Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems
Keywords
Field
DocType
Parallel robots, Kinematics, Mechanism design of manipulators, Prosthetics and exoskeletons
Inverse,Parallel manipulator,Kinematics,Control theory,Workspace,Stiffness,Manipulator,Control engineering,Exoskeleton,Engineering,Ankle
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
94.0
2
1573-0409
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.42
8
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Shivesh Kumar172.85
Bertold Bongardt2132.37
Marc Simnofske320.42
Frank Kirchner411519.41
Frank Kirchner511519.41