Advances in Robot Kinematics: Motion in Man and Machine Motion in Ma

This book is a collection of 58 peer reviewed papers, which should be of interest to researchers inquiring about modern topics and methods in the kinematics, control and design of robotic manipulators. The papers consider the full range of robotic systems

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Jadran Lenarčič • Michael M. Stanišić Editors

Advances in Robot Kinematics: Motion in Man and Machine

Editors Jadran Lenarčič J. Stefan Institute University of Ljubljana Ljubljana, Slovenia [email protected]

Michael M. Stanišić Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering University of Notre Dame Fitzpatrick Hall 365 Notre Dame, IN 46556-5637 USA [email protected]

ISBN 978-90-481-9261-8 e-ISBN 978-90-481-9262-5 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-9262-5 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010928344 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper

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Table of Contents

Preface

xi Part 1

Calibration and Validation of a Rigid Body Kinematic Model of Flexure Hinges R.J. Ellwood, D. Sch¨utz, A. Raatz and J. Hesselbach

3

Dynamic Jacobian Inverses of Mobile Manipulator Kinematics K. Tcho´n, J. Jakubiak and Ł. Małek

11

A Robust Forward Kinematics Analysis of 3-RPR Planar Platforms N. Rojas and F. Thomas

23

Hierarchical Decomposition and Kinematic Abstraction with Virtual Articulations M. Vona

33

Researching into Non-Singular Transitions in the Joint Space M. Ur´ızar, V. Petuya, O. Altuzarra and A. Hern´andez

45

MARIONET, A Family of Modular Wire-Driven Parallel Robots J.-P. Merlet

53

Using Cosserat Point Theory for Estimating Kinematics and Soft-Tissue Deformation during Gait Analysis A. Wolf, I. Sharf and M.B. Rubin

63

Part 2 Mechanical Generators of 2-DoF Translation along a Ruled Surface C.-C. Lee and J.M. Herv´e

73

Worm-Like Robotic Locomotion in Flexible Environment D. Zarrouk, I. Sharf and M. Shoham

81

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Actuation Strategy Based on the Acceleration Model for the 3-PRPR Redundant Planar Parallel Manipulator M. Ruggiu and J.A. Carretero

91

Kinematics and Design of a 5-DOF Parallel Robot Used in Minimally Invasive Surgery D. Pisla, N. Plitea, B.G. Gherman, C. Vaida, A. Pisla and M. Suciu

99

Main Theorem on Sch¨onfliess-Singular Planar Stewart Gough Platforms G. Nawratil

107

A Novel Actuation Module for Wearable Robots M. Bergamasco, F. Salsedo, S. Marcheschi and N. Lucchesi

117

Parallel Robot with Antagonistic Dielectric Elastomer Actuation for Human-Machine Interaction R. Vertechy, G. Berselli, M. Bergamasco and V. Parenti Castelli

127

Using Redundancy in Serial Planar Mechanisms to Improve Output-Space Tracking Accuracy S. Ambike, J.P. Schmiedeler and M.M. Staniˇsi´c

137

Part 3 Combining Structural and Kinematic Analysis Using Interval Analysis for a Wire-Driven Manipulator S. Abdelaziz, P. Renaud, B. Bayle and M. de Mathelin

147