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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s10033-018-0253-2

Mechanism and Robotics

Parameter Optimization of a Stability-Training Platform's 4-PSS/PS Parallel Mechanism Based on Training Ability Evaluation Index and PSO Algorithm

  • Wei-Guo Wu ,
  • Li-Yang Gao
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  • School of Mechatronics Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China

Received date: 2016-07-27

  Online published: 2019-07-23

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Abstract

The existing mechanism parameter optimization (MPO) method of parallel mechanisms only considers the workspace size and ignores contribution of each configuration's performance. So a novel MPO method is proposed for our serial-parallel mechanism platform, which is used in stability training of legged robots. Regarding the platform's parallel mechanism part, a 4-PSS/PS parallel mechanism, two object functions and three constraint conditions are defined to establish the MPO model. The first object function uses critical motion indexes of the moving platform. The second one uses derivative function of the defined disturbance Lagrange function. After analyzing stability-training requirements of five existing legged robots, requirements of the platform's motion capability are given out. Regarding each proposed object function separately, the MPO model is solved by the particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm. Valid workspace boundaries corresponding to the optimization results are solved by a numerical method. The overall optimal solution is determined based on volume of the valid workspace. It is revealed that the two object functions result in similar optimization solutions, which shows that the proposed object functions can reflect the stability-training ability consistently. This paper proposes and verifies the established MPO model, which considers both the workspace size and configurations' performance evaluation.

Key words： Stability training; 4-PSS/PS parallel mechanism; Mechanism parameter optimization; Singularity analysis; Particle swarm optimization

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Wei-Guo Wu , Li-Yang Gao . Parameter Optimization of a Stability-Training Platform's 4-PSS/PS Parallel Mechanism Based on Training Ability Evaluation Index and PSO Algorithm[J]. Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2018 , 31(3) : 50 -50 . DOI: 10.1186/s10033-018-0253-2

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