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Design and Workspace Evaluation of a Novel Parallel Grasping Manipulator with Configurable Platform

  • Fuqun Zhao
  • , Donglai Xu
  • , Xiaodong Jin*
  • , Sheng Guo
  • , Kun Xu
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Beihang University
  • Beijing Jiaotong University

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Abstract

To solve the lack of grasping performance caused by separate driven device installed at the end-effector of parallel grasping manipulator, a novel parallel grasping manipulator with configurable platform is presented in this paper. Firstly, the modified Grübler-Kutzbach equation is utilized to verify that the parallel grasping manipulator has 4 degree-of-freedom (DOF), including 3-DOF for plane motion and 1-DOF for grasping. Based on the link constraint equation, the input-output velocity relationship and Jacobian matrix are obtained. The workspace performance of the parallel grasping manipulator under the coupled DOFs is evaluated. Singularity analysis is studied to demonstrate the manipulator can produce ±90° large rotation angle due to kinematical redundancy. The optimum structure dimension parameters are determined by comparing workspace performance under the constraint range of each link. At last, a prototype is constructed based on the determined dimension parameters, and the experiment of motion DOFs and grasping ability are carried out. The results show that the proposed parallel grasping manipulator has good motion ability and grasping performance.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIntelligent Robotics and Applications - 16th International Conference, ICIRA 2023, Proceedings
EditorsHuayong Yang, Jun Zou, Geng Yang, Xiaoping Ouyang, Honghai Liu, Zhiyong Wang, Zhouping Yin, Lianqing Liu
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages348-360
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)9789819964888
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Event16th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2023 - Hangzhou, China
Duration: 5 Jul 20237 Jul 2023

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume14269 LNAI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference16th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2023
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHangzhou
Period5/07/237/07/23

Keywords

  • configurable platform
  • grasping
  • kinematics
  • parallel manipulator
  • workspace evaluation

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