TY - GEN
T1 - A 6-DOF heavy-load parallel manipulator with RFTA and its application
AU - Zhang, Jianzheng
AU - Yu, Hongnian
AU - Gao, Feng
AU - Zhang, Dan
AU - Zhao, Xianchao
AU - Ma, Cunxiang
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - This paper proposes a 6-DOF (Degree of Freedom) heavy-load parallel manipulator with a redundant actuation and fault-tolerant actuator (RFTA). The novel RFTA model of the proposed manipulator is developed and its working principle is described. In order to achieve the given motion, the mathematic models of the proposed manipulator with the RFTA are derived. As a prototype of an earthquake simulator, two experiments are performed. The experimental results demonstrate that the RFTA is able to supply the required double driving force and appropriate used as an actuator of a low frequency earthquake simulator. The results of the fault-tolerant experiment show the earthquake simulator with the RFTA is capable of tolerating some local faults. The proposed parallel manipulator can also be applied under other heavy-load environments.
AB - This paper proposes a 6-DOF (Degree of Freedom) heavy-load parallel manipulator with a redundant actuation and fault-tolerant actuator (RFTA). The novel RFTA model of the proposed manipulator is developed and its working principle is described. In order to achieve the given motion, the mathematic models of the proposed manipulator with the RFTA are derived. As a prototype of an earthquake simulator, two experiments are performed. The experimental results demonstrate that the RFTA is able to supply the required double driving force and appropriate used as an actuator of a low frequency earthquake simulator. The results of the fault-tolerant experiment show the earthquake simulator with the RFTA is capable of tolerating some local faults. The proposed parallel manipulator can also be applied under other heavy-load environments.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84871687415&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICRA.2011.5979905
DO - 10.1109/ICRA.2011.5979905
M3 - Conference article published in proceeding or book
AN - SCOPUS:84871687415
SN - 9781612843865
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
SP - 470
EP - 475
BT - 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2011
T2 - 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2011
Y2 - 9 May 2011 through 13 May 2011
ER -