A unilateral self-locking mechanism(USM) was proposed to increase the tractive ability of the inchworm in-pipe robots for pipeline inspection.The USM was basically composed of a cam,a torsional spring and an axis.The ...A unilateral self-locking mechanism(USM) was proposed to increase the tractive ability of the inchworm in-pipe robots for pipeline inspection.The USM was basically composed of a cam,a torsional spring and an axis.The self-locking and virtual work principles were applied to studying the basic self-locking condition of the USM.In order to make the cooperation between the crutch and telescopic mechanism more harmonical,the unlocking time of the USM was calculated.A set of parameters were selected to build a virtual model and fabricate a prototype.Both the simulation and performance experiments were carried out in a pipe with a nominal inside diameter of 160 mm.The results show that USM enables the robot to move quickly in one way,and in the other way it helps the robot get self-locking with the pipe wall.The traction of the inchworm robot can rise to 1.2 kN,beyond the limitation of friction of 0.497 kN.展开更多
A 6-DOF micro-manipulation robot based on a 3-PPTTRS mechanism is proposed in this paper.Its static stiffness is an important index to evaluate load capacity and positioning accuracy.However,it is insufficient to cons...A 6-DOF micro-manipulation robot based on a 3-PPTTRS mechanism is proposed in this paper.Its static stiffness is an important index to evaluate load capacity and positioning accuracy.However,it is insufficient to consider the static stiffness only when the robot is in its initial pose.The stiffness in different positions and poses in its work space must be analyzed also.Thus a method to analyze the relationship between static stiffness and poses in the whole work space is presented.A static stiffness model is proposed first,and the relationship between structural parameters and static stiffness in different poses is discussed.The static stiffness analysis provides foundation for structural parameter design.展开更多
基金Project(2007AA04Z256) supported by the National High-Tech Research and Development Program of China
文摘A unilateral self-locking mechanism(USM) was proposed to increase the tractive ability of the inchworm in-pipe robots for pipeline inspection.The USM was basically composed of a cam,a torsional spring and an axis.The self-locking and virtual work principles were applied to studying the basic self-locking condition of the USM.In order to make the cooperation between the crutch and telescopic mechanism more harmonical,the unlocking time of the USM was calculated.A set of parameters were selected to build a virtual model and fabricate a prototype.Both the simulation and performance experiments were carried out in a pipe with a nominal inside diameter of 160 mm.The results show that USM enables the robot to move quickly in one way,and in the other way it helps the robot get self-locking with the pipe wall.The traction of the inchworm robot can rise to 1.2 kN,beyond the limitation of friction of 0.497 kN.
文摘A 6-DOF micro-manipulation robot based on a 3-PPTTRS mechanism is proposed in this paper.Its static stiffness is an important index to evaluate load capacity and positioning accuracy.However,it is insufficient to consider the static stiffness only when the robot is in its initial pose.The stiffness in different positions and poses in its work space must be analyzed also.Thus a method to analyze the relationship between static stiffness and poses in the whole work space is presented.A static stiffness model is proposed first,and the relationship between structural parameters and static stiffness in different poses is discussed.The static stiffness analysis provides foundation for structural parameter design.
