Design and Analysis of Modular Reconfigurable Manipulator System

Yutong Wang, Junjie Li (), Ke Wang and Shaokun Wang ()
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Yutong Wang: Key Laboratory of Space Utilization, Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China
Junjie Li: Key Laboratory of Space Utilization, Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China
Ke Wang: Key Laboratory of Space Utilization, Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China
Shaokun Wang: Key Laboratory of Space Utilization, Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China

Mathematics, 2025, vol. 13, issue 7, 1-33

Abstract: With the continuous development of modern robotics technology, in order to overcome the obstacles to the ability to complete tasks due to the fixed structure of the robot itself, to realize the reconfigurable purpose of the manipulator, it can be assembled into different degrees of freedom or configurations according to the needs of different tasks, which has the characteristics of a compact structure, high integrability, and low cost. The overall design scheme of a cable-free modular reconfigurable manipulator is proposed, and based on the target design parameters, the structural design of each module is completed, and the module library is constructed. Each module realizes rapid assembly or disassembly through a new type of docking mechanism module, which improves the flexibility and reliability of the manipulator. Meanwhile, a finite element analysis is carried out on the whole manipulator to optimize the structure that does not meet the strength and stiffness requirements. The wireless energy transmission module is integrated into the joint module to realize the cable-free design of the manipulator in the structure. The kinematic models of each module are established separately, providing a method to quickly construct the kinematics of different configurations of the manipulator, and the dexterity of the workspace is analyzed. Then, two methods, joint space planning and Cartesian space planning, are adopted to generate the corresponding motion paths and kinematic curves, which successfully verifies the reasonableness of the kinematics of the designed manipulator. Finally, combined with the results of the dynamics simulation, the corresponding dynamics curves of the end of each joint are generated to further verify the reliability of its design. It provides a new way of thinking for the research and development of highly intelligent and highly integrated manipulators.

Keywords: modular reconfigurable manipulators; six degrees of freedom manipulators; docking mechanism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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