Motion planning and redundancy resolution of a multi-segment continuum robot is studied. The direct and inverse kinematics model of the robot is derived assuming a constant radius of curvature in each flexible segment of the robot. Due to the primary and secondary backbone structure of the segment, each segment is modelled by two configuration variables and three joint space variables. This int...

An inverse kinematics algorithm for a robotic system is called repeatable, if it transforms closed paths in the task space into closed paths in the configuration space. In this paper we assume the endogenous configuration space approach and define a repeatable inverse kinematics algorithm for mobile manipulators, patterned on the extended Jacobian scheme. An examination of a dynamic system asso...

A new three-degrees-of-freedom (3-DOF) translational parallel manipulator (TPM) with linear actuators, i.e., 3-CRR TPM, is first proposed. The rotation singularity analysis, the inverse kinematics, the forward kinematics, and the kinematic singularity analysis of the 3CRR TPM are then performed. The analysis shows that the proposed TPM has the following kinematic merits over previous TPMs. (1) ...

A new three-degrees-of-freedom (3-DOF) translational parallel manipulator (TPM) with linear actuators, i.e., 3-CRR TPM, is first proposed. The rotation singularity analysis, the inverse kinematics, the forward kinematics, and the kinematic singularity analysis of the 3CRR TPM are then performed. The analysis shows that the proposed TPM has the following kinematic merits over previous TPMs. (1) ...

Abstract. This paper presents a proposal for a new extended Jacobian method based on kinematic constraints, exploring only singularities of the kinematic chain. It is presented the development of the new extended Jacobian as well as their properties. These method can be applied to analyze the behavior of redundant robots on perfoming a task. Redundant robots are used to perform tasks which requ...

We have combined inverse kinematics learned by LWPR with visual servoing to correct for inaccuracies in a low cost robotic arm. By low cost we mean weak inaccurate servos and no available joint-feedback. We show that from the trained LWPR model the Jacobian can be estimated. The Jacobian maps wanted changes in position to corresponding changes in control signals. Estimating the Jacobian for the...

This paper will describe the kinematics and dynamics of parallel robot named Delta with 3 degree of freedom (d.o.f). The use of dynamics coupled with kinematics for the control of parallel robot has been gaining increasing popularity in recent years. Relationship between generalized and articular velocities is established, hence jacobian and inverse jacobian analyses are determines. The inverse...