A Parallel Reconfigurable Robot with Six Degrees of Freedom

Abstract

Shorter development times, wide variety of products and manufacturing costs optimization lead towards the development of a new type of robots that are more flexible and adaptable to all these changes. The idea of reconfiguration is thus born, many studies being focused on enlarging and improving this concept. Reconfigurable robotic systems are those that can change their geometry, their mobility degree and be default, their workspace and their applicability. This paper presents a 6 degrees of freedom (DOF) reconfigurable robot, entitled RECROB, its kinematics and possible reconfigurations with different DOFs. Based on the analysis of structure two possible configurations are identified, one of them being modeled and simulated. The paper ends with the reachable workspace representation, conclusions and applicability of such a robot.