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dc.contributor.authorMandayam Anand, Raghuen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-11-01T21:29:01Z
dc.date.available2010-11-01T21:29:01Z
dc.date.issued2010-11-01
dc.date.submittedJanuary 2010en_US
dc.identifier.otherDISS-10782en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10106/5157
dc.description.abstractParallel robots have been proposed for some time now due to their potential advantages over serial robots in high load bearing, acceleration, stiffness and with lower moving mass. Mobile parallel configurations, i.e. multi-legged walking vehicles have been and are the focus of a great deal of current research. This thesis attempts to provide insights into the kinematic analysis of a quadruped robot capable of both walking and more importantly functioning as a machining tool. The gait analysis of quadruped robots has been extensively investigated and is not the focus of this research; however the gait ability is considered in the presented analysis. Initially, the kinematic analysis of a three degree-of-freedom constrained parallel robot undergoing planar motion is addressed. The solution to the inverse kinematic problem is developed and verified through simulation. The kinematic analysis of a planar robot furnishes the basic understanding of constrained cooperative manipulators and provides the foundation to extend the analysis to 3D space. The kinematics of a quadruped robot consisting of a fixed base and moving platform manipulated by four serial chain legs, with six degrees-of-freedom per leg, undergoing motion in 3D space is then developed. Although a completely general robot with six degree-of-freedom does not have a closed form solution, Pieper's method is applied to solve the inverse kinematic problem. Three different configurations of the legs are analyzed and active and passive degrees of freedom are identified and verified through simulation. Finally, the solution to inverse kinematics to maintain desired position and orientation of the moving platform even when the quadruped legs are positioned on uneven terrain is presented and verified. The results of this thesis provide the foundations for investigating walking machining centers.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipShiakolas, Panayiotis S.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMechanical Engineeringen_US
dc.titleKinematic Analysis Of A Quadruped Robot Capable Of Working As A Machining Toolen_US
dc.typeM.S.en_US
dc.contributor.committeeChairShiakolas, Panayiotis S.en_US
dc.degree.departmentMechanical Engineeringen_US
dc.degree.disciplineMechanical Engineeringen_US
dc.degree.grantorUniversity of Texas at Arlingtonen_US
dc.degree.levelmastersen_US
dc.degree.nameM.S.en_US


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