Previous research in force control has focused on the choice of appropriate servo implementation without corresponding regard to the choice of mechanical hardware. This report analyzes the effect of mechanical properties such as contact compliance, actuator-to-joint compliance, torque ripple, and highly nonlinear dry friction in the transmission mechanisms of a manipulator. A set of requisites for high performance then guides the development of mechanical-design and servo strategies for improved performance. A single-degree-of-freedom transmission testbed was constructed that confirms the predicted effect of Coulomb friction on robustness; design and construction of a cable-driven, four-degree-of- freedom, "whole-arm" manipulator illustrates the recommended design strategies.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:MIT/oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/6835 |
| Date | 01 April 1988 |
| Creators | Townsend, William T. (William Thomas) |
| Source Sets | M.I.T. Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | 111 p., 11025394 bytes, 4305709 bytes, application/postscript, application/pdf |
| Relation | AITR-1054 |
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