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Closed form Newton–Euler dynamic model of flexible manipulators

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2015

Luca BascettaOpen the ORCID record for Luca Bascetta[Opens in a new window],
Gianni Ferretti and
Bruno Scaglioni
Luca Bascetta
Affiliation:
Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy. E-mail: luca.bascetta@polimi.it
Gianni Ferretti*
Affiliation:
Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy. E-mail: luca.bascetta@polimi.it
Bruno Scaglioni
Affiliation:
Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy. E-mail: luca.bascetta@polimi.itMUSP Lab, Via Tirotti 9, Le Mose, 29122 Piacenza, Italy. E-mail: bruno.scaglioni@polimi.it
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*Corresponding author. E-mail: gianni.ferretti@polimi.it
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In this paper, a closed-form dynamic model of flexible manipulators is developed, based on the Newton–Euler formulation of motion equations of flexible links and on the adoption of the spatial vector notation. The proposed model accounts for two main innovations with respect to the state of the art: it is obtained in closed form with respect to the joints and modal coordinates (including the quadratic velocity terms) and motion equations of the whole manipulator can be computed for any arbitrary shape of the links and any possible link cardinality starting from the output of several commercial (finite element analysis) FEA codes. The Newton–Euler formulation of motion equations in terms of the joint and elastic variables greatly improves the simulation performances and makes the model suitable for real-time control and active vibration damping. The model has been compared with literature benchmarks obtained by the classical multibody approach and further validated by comparison with experiments collected on an experimental manipulator.

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Flexible manipulatorsFlexible multibody systemsRoboticsDynamicsSimulation

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Robotica , Volume 35 , Issue 5 , May 2017, pp. 1006 - 1030
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