Dynamic analysis and control of a stewart platform manipulator

The Stewart platform is a six-axis parallel robot manipulator with a force-to-weight ratio and positioning accuracy far exceeding that of a conventional serial-link arm. Its stiffness and accuracy approach that of a machine tool yet its workspace dexterity approaches that of a conventional manipulator. In this article, we study the dynamic equations of the Stewart platform manipulator. Our derivation is closed to that of Nguyen and Pooran because the dynamics are not explicitly given but are in a step-bystep algorithm. However, we give some insight into the structure and properties of these equations: We obtain compact expressions of some coefficients. These expressions should be interesting from a control point of view. A stiffness control scheme is designed for milling application. Some path-planning notions are discussed that take into account singularity positions and the required task. The objective is to make the milling station into a semiautonomous robotic tool needing some operator interaction but having some intelligence of its own. It should interface naturally with part delivery and other higher-level tasks. 0 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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