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Stiffness matrix of manipulators with passive joints: computational aspects

Robotics 2012-02-16 v1

Abstract

The paper focuses on stiffness matrix computation for manipulators with passive joints, compliant actuators and flexible links. It proposes both explicit analytical expressions and an efficient recursive procedure that are applicable in the general case and allow obtaining the desired matrix either in analytical or numerical form. Advantages of the developed technique and its ability to produce both singular and non-singular stiffness matrices are illustrated by application examples that deal with stiffness modeling of two Stewart-Gough platforms.

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@article{arxiv.1202.3258,
  title  = {Stiffness matrix of manipulators with passive joints: computational aspects},
  author = {Alexandr Klimchik and Anatoly Pashkevich and Stéphane Caro and Damien Chablat},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1202.3258},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1107.4496

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