Heli4: A parallel robot for scara motions with a very compact traveling plate and a symmetrical design

Sébastien Krut*, Olivier Company, Vincent Nabat, François Pierrot

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Abstract

This paper introduces Heli4 a new 4 degree-of-freedom parallel robot. It is inspired by the Delta architecture, but was designed to overcome its limitations, using an articulated traveling plate. Unlike most articulated traveling plates, Heli4's traveling plate is very compact. Among other positive aspects is its symmetrical design. This paper gives the geometrical models, and particularly the forward position relationship which can be obtained in a closed form. In a third part, a detailed study of the robot singularities is made by taking into account the not-so-classic internal singularities.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2006
Pages1656-1661
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Event2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2006 - Beijing, China
Duration: 9 Oct 200615 Oct 2006

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Conference

Conference2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2006
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period9/10/0615/10/06

Keywords

  • Articulated traveling plate
  • Closed-form geometrical models
  • Internal singularities
  • PKM (Parallel Kinematic Machines)
  • Scara motions

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