Dynamic Modeling and Error Analysis of a Cable-Linkage Serial-Parallel Palletizing Robot

The efficiency and accuracy for parallel robot play a significant role in the industrial production process. In order to further improve the motion performance of parallel robot, this paper focuses on the study of mechanism design, dynamic modeling and error analysis of a cable-linkage serial-parallel palletizing robot (CSPR). Firstly, the CSPR is designed as a series-parallel hybrid mechanism driven by flexible cables, which can effectively reduce the inertia and improve the dynamic response. As is known that kinematic design optimization of compliant mechanisms requires accurate yet efficient mathematical models, the kinematics and dynamic models are established by the homogeneous coordinate transformation method and Lagrange equation. Based on the dynamic mathematical model of the robot, a variety of sensors are chosen to construct the hardware control system and the sliding mode variable structure control strategy is also designed based on motion errors. Then, the motion performance and load carrying capacity of the CSPR were analyzed and compared in different operating conditions respectively, and the results verify the validity and efficiency of the mechanism.