Geometry and Determining the Positions of a Plan Transporter Manipulator

Journal of Mechatronics and Robotics, Volume 1, Issue 2, Pages 118-126, 2017; DOI: 10.3844/jmrsp.2017.118.126

9 Pages Posted: 10 Jun 2019 Last revised: 2 Jul 2019

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Relly Victoria Petrescu

Polytechnic University of Bucharest - ARoTMM-IFToMM

Raffaella Aversa

Advanced Material Lab - Department of Architecture and Industrial Design

Antonio Apicella

Advanced Material Lab - Department of Architecture and Industrial Design

Samuel Kozaitis

Florida Institute of Technology

Taher Abu-Lebdeh

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Florian Ion Petrescu

Polytechnic University of Bucharest - ARoTMM-IFToMM

Date Written: December 16, 2017

Abstract

The conveyor mechanism (working in a plan) to be presented in this study is a classic case of manipulating conveyor, simply with a single degree of mobility. It is a very common mechanism used in classical mechanics, being encountered at lifting platforms, at handicapped chairs, at cranes, forklifts, automatic machines and machines, or at older steam locomotives where it having the role of reversing the rotation-translation movement. Being a simple, common manipulator, he is also a good teaching example, much used in the student courses of mechanics, mechanisms, robotics-mechatronics. That is why we want to present in this study in a concise way the geometry and the kinematics of this mechanism. There will be a constructive and one kinematic scheme. The mechanism consists of a crank (a motor element 1), an RRR dyad composed of elements 2 and 3 and an RRT dyad formed by kinematic elements 4 and 5. The motor element 1 has a complete rotation (360 degrees) being the single driving feature of the entire mechanism. The element 3 is a bar that links the engine element 1 to the rocker element 2. From the rocker element 2, the movement is forwarded through the rod 4 to the final execution member 5, which is a slider (patina), having the role of oscillating linearly (it can also be a piston in a cylinder). The mechanism can also be used by changing the driving element to the driven one so as to become a motor mechanism with the leading element 5 and when the rotation element 1 to become a final driven element. Thus it can be used as a mechanism for producing the movement and transmitting it with the conversion from the rotation to translation movement. We intend to present this mechanism, in the present paper, when it functions as a manipulator, having the motor element 1 and the final element, the execution element, the patina 5. Special emphasis will be placed on the kinematics of the mechanism, studied on elements, but also on structural groups. Obviously there will be presented and some applications of the mechanism.

Note: Copyright© 2017 Relly Victoria Virgil Petrescu, Raffaella Aversa, Antonio Apicella, Samuel Kozaitis, Taher Abu-Lebdeh and Florian Ion Tiberiu Petrescu. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Suggested Citation

Petrescu, Relly Victoria and Aversa, Raffaella and Apicella, Antonio and Kozaitis, Samuel and Abu-Lebdeh, Taher and Petrescu, Florian Ion, Geometry and Determining the Positions of a Plan Transporter Manipulator (December 16, 2017). Journal of Mechatronics and Robotics, Volume 1, Issue 2, Pages 118-126, 2017; DOI: 10.3844/jmrsp.2017.118.126 , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3096497 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3096497

Relly Victoria Petrescu

Polytechnic University of Bucharest - ARoTMM-IFToMM ( email )

Romania

Raffaella Aversa

Advanced Material Lab - Department of Architecture and Industrial Design ( email )

81031 Aversa (CE)
Italy

Antonio Apicella

Advanced Material Lab - Department of Architecture and Industrial Design ( email )

81031 Aversa (CE)
Italy

Samuel Kozaitis

Florida Institute of Technology ( email )

150 West University Blvd.
Melbourne, FL 32901-6975
United States

Taher Abu-Lebdeh

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University ( email )

1601 E. Market St.
Greensboro, NC 27411
United States

Florian Ion Petrescu (Contact Author)

Polytechnic University of Bucharest - ARoTMM-IFToMM ( email )

Romania

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