Two Spherical Three Degrees of Freedom Parallel Robots 3-RCC and 3-RRS Static Analysis

The main purpose of this study is static analysis of two three-degree of freedom parallel mechanisms: 3-RCC and 3- RRS. Geometry of these mechanisms is expressed and static equilibrium equations are derived for the whole chains. For these mechanisms due to the equal number of equations and unknowns, the solution is as same as 3-RCC mechanism. A mathematical software is used to solve the equations. In order to prove the results obtained from solving the equations of mechanisms, the CAD model of these robots has been simulated and their static is analysed in ADAMS software. Due to symmetrical geometry of the mechanisms, the force and external torque acting on the end-effecter have been considered asymmetric to prove the generality of the solution method. Finally, the results of both softwares, for both mechanisms are extracted and compared as graphs. The good achieved comparison between the results indicates the accuracy of the analysis.

Authors:

• Alireza Abbasi Moshaii
• Mehdi Tale Masouleh
• Esmail Zarezadeh
• Kamran Farajzadeh

Keywords:

• Robotic
• Static analysis
• 3-RCC
• 3-RRS.

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