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Minimal Realizations of Spatial Stiffnesses with Parallel or Serial Mechanisms Having Concurrent Axes

Journal of Robotic Systems
2001
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This article presents a new method for the synthesis of an arbitrary spatial elastic behavior with an elastic mechanism. The mechanisms considered are parallel and serial mechanisms with concurrent axes. We show that any full-rank spatial stiffness matrix can be realized using a parallel mechanism with all spring axes intersecting at a unique point. It is shown that this intersection point must be the center of stiffness. We also show that any full-rank spatial compliance matrix can be realized using a serial mechanism with all joint axes intersecting at a unique point. This point is shown to be the center of compliance. Synthesis procedures for mechanisms with these properties are provided. The realizations are shown to be minimal in the sense that both the number of screw components and the total number of components are minimum.

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