Dynamics of nonrigid articulated robot linkages

Abstract

This paper presents the kinematic and dynamic analysis of an <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">n</tex> -link manipulator with flexible members. The deformation of a link from its rigid body position is modeled by a homogeneous transformation. The dynamic equations are obtained using Euler-Lagrange formulation. These equations are compared to those describing a rigid link mechanism.