The instantaneous kinematics of a special 3-UPU parallel platform manipulator is discussed. First, the instantaneous motions of the 3-UPU manipulator in four kinds of positions and a special manipulator are studied by...The instantaneous kinematics of a special 3-UPU parallel platform manipulator is discussed. First, the instantaneous motions of the 3-UPU manipulator in four kinds of positions and a special manipulator are studied by reciprocal screw theory. Then, the principal screws in one of four positions are obtained. It is shown that the moving platform has five degrees of freedom （DOF） in the initial position or after a translation along the z-axis; In the generic position, the mechanism only has three DOF, moreover the three DOF characteristics are different in different position. The instantaneous kinematic characteristics of alike 3-UPU mechanisms are very different in different position and special structure. The results presented are important to the use of alike 3-UPU parallel manipulator and contribute to the mechanism theory .展开更多
In this paper, we address the characteristic model-based discrete-time consensus problem of networked robotic manipulators with dynamic uncertainties. The research objective is to achieve joint-position consensus of m...In this paper, we address the characteristic model-based discrete-time consensus problem of networked robotic manipulators with dynamic uncertainties. The research objective is to achieve joint-position consensus of multiple robotic agents interconnected on directed graphs containing a spanning tree. A novel characteristic model-based distributed adaptive control scenario is proposed with a state-relied projection estimation law and a characteristic model-based distributed controller. The performance analysis is also unfolded where the uniform ultimate boundedness(UUB) of consensus errors is derived by resorting to the discrete-time-domain stability analysis tool and the graph theory. Finally, numerical simulations illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed theoretical strategy.展开更多
基金This project is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.50075074).
文摘The instantaneous kinematics of a special 3-UPU parallel platform manipulator is discussed. First, the instantaneous motions of the 3-UPU manipulator in four kinds of positions and a special manipulator are studied by reciprocal screw theory. Then, the principal screws in one of four positions are obtained. It is shown that the moving platform has five degrees of freedom （DOF） in the initial position or after a translation along the z-axis; In the generic position, the mechanism only has three DOF, moreover the three DOF characteristics are different in different position. The instantaneous kinematic characteristics of alike 3-UPU mechanisms are very different in different position and special structure. The results presented are important to the use of alike 3-UPU parallel manipulator and contribute to the mechanism theory .
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.6133300861273153&61304027)
文摘In this paper, we address the characteristic model-based discrete-time consensus problem of networked robotic manipulators with dynamic uncertainties. The research objective is to achieve joint-position consensus of multiple robotic agents interconnected on directed graphs containing a spanning tree. A novel characteristic model-based distributed adaptive control scenario is proposed with a state-relied projection estimation law and a characteristic model-based distributed controller. The performance analysis is also unfolded where the uniform ultimate boundedness(UUB) of consensus errors is derived by resorting to the discrete-time-domain stability analysis tool and the graph theory. Finally, numerical simulations illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed theoretical strategy.
