Decoupled macro/micro-manipulator for fast and precise assembly operations: design and experiments

Agathe Hodac; Roland Y. Siegwart

doi:10.1117/12.357816

18 August 1999 Decoupled macro/micro-manipulator for fast and precise assembly operations: design and experiments

Agathe Hodac, Roland Y. Siegwart

Proceedings Volume 3834, Microrobotics and Microassembly; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.357816
Event: Photonics East '99, 1999, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

This paper presents a high performance single arm robot configuration, based on a macro-manipulator coupled with a micro-manipulator. The system is well suited to fast and precise positioning tasks for repetitive pick and place applications in the manufacturing industry. Firstly, the paper focuses on the design of the micro-manipulator, particularly on the selection of the proper micro-actuator type and location. We show that the micro-manipulator's design with an actuator placed between endpoint and ground and with a flexible suspension system can reduce the dynamic coupling between the macro-manipulator and the micro- manipulator. The overall system performance can then be improved. We describe two different designs of compact and fast micro-manipulators composed of voice coil actuators and a monolithic flexure suspension with notch hinges. Secondly, the paper presents a control strategy that allows both correction of possible misalignments of the end-effector relative to the target and compensation of tip oscillations. The dynamic interaction is analyzed and stability is verified. Finally, experimental results demonstrate significant improvements in acceleration, endpoint accuracy and settling time achieved by the novel configuration of the macro/micro-manipulator.

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Agathe Hodac and Roland Y. Siegwart "Decoupled macro/micro-manipulator for fast and precise assembly operations: design and experiments", Proc. SPIE 3834, Microrobotics and Microassembly, (18 August 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.357816

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