In this thesis, a relatively new class of robots which use cables instead of rigid links is investigated. As cable can transmit only pull forces, cable robots make high demands on the control. The cable robots investigated in this thesis have more cables than degrees-offreedom of the platform and, thus, belong to the class of redundant robots. The redundancy allows to tense the cables agairrst each other. A control approach for synchronaus control of the platform position and the cable forces is proposed. For this purpose, system identifications for dynamic models of the robot are carried out and the forward kinematics is expanded to deal with non-linear cable stiffness. The proposed approach for calculation of the desired cable forces allows for step-less adjustment of the internal tensions. The investigations show that with change of the internal tension the eigenfrequencies of the robot can be influenced by 15-30%. By choice of a minimal tension Ievel, the energy consumption of the robot can be decreased by up to 20% while the performance of the robot remains on the same Ievel. For the proposed control scheme, extensive investigations of the positional accuracy are carried out. As reference approach, the control assuming a rigid robot model without closed-loop control of the operational space position and cable forces is used. The two approaches delivered comparable results in the workspace centre. The position accuracy with a payload of 80 kg amounted to roughly 70 mm and 2.5°. Using the proposed controller at the workspace border, almost the same accuracy could be reached as weil, as the cables are kept under tension. For rnachining processes like grinding, the well-known hybrid position and force control approach is incorporated on a cable robot. With the control approach, the robot can apply a contact force in a programmable direction, while the platform can be position-controlled in the Iasting directions. For the human robot cooperation, an admittance controller is proposed. The platform simulates a virtual spring-mass-damper system which enables for the implementation of a virtual workspace. With the demonstrator, a bandwidth of 13Hz is reached.


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    Title :

    Force control of cable-driven parallel robots


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    Publication date :

    2016




    Type of media :

    Theses


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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