FORMULATION OF THE EQUATIONS OF MOTION OF RRRR ROBOT MANIPULATOR

Abstract

In this paper the dynamic analysis of RRRR robot manipulator is presented. The equations of motion are formulated using a two-step transformation. Initially, a dynamically equivalent system of particles that replaces the rigid bodies is constructed and then Newton’s second law is applied to derive their equations of motion. The equations of motion are then transformed to the relative joint variables. Use of both Cartesian and joint variables produces an efficient set of equations without loss of generality. For open chains, this process automatically eliminates all of the non-working constraint forces and leads to an efficient solution and integration of the equations of motion. The results of the simulation indicate the simplicity and generality of the dynamic formulations.