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Title Singular configurations of mechanisms and manipulators / Andreas Müller, Dimiter Zlatanov, editors
Published Cham : Springer, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 229 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, Courses and Lectures, 0254-1971 ; volume 589
Courses and lectures ; no. 589. 0254-1971
Contents Intro; Preface; Contents; Generalized Singularity Analysis; 1 Introduction; 2 The Standard View of Singularity; 2.1 The Simplest Case: Serial Chain Singularity; 2.2 The Serial-Parallel Duality; 2.3 A Generalization: The Input-Output Equation; 2.4 The Counterexamples; 3 Singularity via Differentiable Maps; 3.1 Serial Chains; 3.2 Chains with Closed Loops; 3.3 Regular and Singular Configurations; 4 Singularity via Instantaneous Kinematics; 4.1 Instantaneous Motions; 4.2 Instantaneous Definition of Singularity; 4.3 Singularity Types and Classes; 4.4 Classes of Singularities
5 Common and Uncommon Singularities5.1 Generic and Nongeneric Singularity Types; 5.2 Parallel Mechanisms with Extendable Legs; 5.3 The Isotropic Singularity of the Orthoglide; 6 Constraint Singularities of Parallel Manipulators; 6.1 Another ̀̀Isotropic'' Configuration; 6.2 Constraints, Freedoms, and Constrained Singularities; 6.3 Singularities of 3-RPS Manipulators; 6.4 The Simplest Constraint Singularity; 6.5 Constraint Singularities as Branching Points; 7 Conclusions; References; Singularity Set Computation: A Hands-On Session with the CUIK Suite; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Basic Concepts
1.2 An Illustrative Example2 Singularity Set Computation with the CUIK Suite; 2.1 Preparation; 2.2 Dextar's Geometry; 2.3 Assembly Constraints; 2.4 Inverse Singularity Conditions; 2.5 Forward Singularity Conditions; 2.6 Computation and Output Plots; 2.7 Visualizing the Output Portrait; 2.8 Visualizing the Input Portrait; 2.9 Workspace Boundaries and Interior Barriers; References; Cuspidal Robots; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Preliminaries; 1.2 Brief History of Cuspidal Robots; 1.3 Questions of Interest; 1.4 Chapter Outline; 2 Postures; 2.1 Definition
2.2 Postures and Aspects Case 1: Non-cuspidal Robots2.3 Postures and Aspects Case 2: Cuspidal Robots; 2.4 Non-singular Change of Posture Versus Singular Change of Posture; 3 Path Feasibility; 3.1 Showing an Example; 3.2 Regions of Feasible Paths for Non-cuspidal Robots; 3.3 Characteristic Surfaces; 3.4 Uniqueness Domains and Regions of Feasible Paths for Cuspidal Robots; 4 Identification, Enumeration and Classification of Cuspidal and Non-cuspidal Robots; 4.1 Simplifying Geometric Conditions; 4.2 Identification of Cuspidal Robots and Classification
5 Higher-Degree-of-Freedom Robots and Parallel Robots5.1 6-dof Serial Robots; 5.2 Parallel Robots; 6 Conclusions; References; Mechanism Constraints and Singularities-The Algebraic Formulation; 1 Introduction; 2 Parameterization of SE(3); 3 Constraint Equations; 3.1 Geometric Constraint Equations; 3.2 Elimination Method; 3.3 Linear Implicitization; 3.4 Singularities in Serial Chains; 4 Algebraic Basics; 4.1 Ideals and Affine Varieties; 4.2 Standard Bases; 4.3 Elimination; 4.4 Dimension, Primary Decomposition; 5 Complete Kinematic Analysis of the TSAI Parallel Manipulator; 5.1 Introduction
Summary The book introduces the main problems, key methods, and milestone results in singularity analysis of mechanisms. It provides a comprehensive and concise overview of basic results while also addressing a few advanced topics of singularities in mechanical systems and robots
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 26, 2019)
Subject Singularities (Mathematics)
Kinematics.
kinematics.
Kinematics
Singularities (Mathematics)
Form Electronic book
Author Müller, Andreas (Lecturer in mechanics and robotics), editor.
Zlatanov, Dimiter, editor
ISBN 9783030052195
3030052192
9783030052201
3030052206