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Zero Friction Arm driven by Counterweights

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K18053
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Intelligent mechanics/Mechanical systems
Research InstitutionKyushu University

Principal Investigator

Kawamura Akihiro  九州大学, システム情報科学研究院, 助教 (60706555)

Research Collaborator Ishine Ryosuke  
Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Keywordsロボットアーム / カウンタウェイト / 劣駆動 / 運動制御 / 安定解析 / トルクセンサ / 知能ロボティックス / 機械力学・制御
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The objective of this research is to develop a robotic arm with movable counterweights. In this system, the counterweight works as not only gravity compensation but also actuation. The gravitational equilibrium angle is shifted by rotating the counterweight on the link.Then, the robot is driven to realize the angle. Namely, the arm is actuated by gravitational and inertia torque of the counterweights. Then, the friction effect caused by reduction gears is drastically reduced. Thereby, this system has high backdrivability. However, there exists a difficulty of stable control of the arm due to an underactuated system. In addition, the total weight of the arm normally increase because of counterweights. Therefore, in this research, a novel control method that realizes stable motion control of the arm, and a mechanical design to utilize the weights of motors as counterweights are proposed. The results of them have been presented in domestic and international conferences.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All 2017

All Presentation (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results)

  • [Presentation] 1自由度旋回式カウンタウェイト駆動ロボットアームの運動制御2017

    • Author(s)
      石根 亮介, 河村 晃宏, 倉爪 亮, 川村 貞夫
    • Organizer
      第18回計測自動制御学会システムインテグレーション部門講演会 SI2017
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Motion Control for Robotic Arm with Rotational Counterweights2017

    • Author(s)
      Ryosuke Ishine, Akihiro Kawamura, Ryo Kurazume
    • Organizer
      2017 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII 2017)
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Motion Control for Robotic Arm with Rotational Counterweights2017

    • Author(s)
      Ryosuke Ishine, Akihiro Kawamura, Ryo Kurazume
    • Organizer
      The 13th Joint Workshop on Machine Perception and Robotics (MPR17)
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2019-03-29  

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