Mechanical Engineering / Makina Mühendisliği

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  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 5
    Citation - Scopus: 4
    Design of a Novel Hybrid Cable-Constrained Parallel Leg Mechanism for Biped Walking Machines
    (Cambridge University Press, 2023) Demirel, M.; Kiper, G.; Carbone, G.; Ceccarelli, M.
    In this paper, a novel cable-constrained parallel mechanism is presented as a lightweight, low-cost leg mechanism design for walking machines to be used on flat surfaces. The proposed leg mechanism has three translational degrees of freedom. It is based on two specific hybrid kinematic topologies being herewith proposed. The paper reports the kinematic analysis formulation and a position performance evaluation to confirm the main characteristics of the proposed solutions. A 3D CAD model and simulations are carried out to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed design for performing a human-like gait trajectory. A prototype has been built, and preliminarily tests have been conducted to confirm the motion capabilities of the proposed mechanism design. Then a second, enhanced prototype has been designed and built. An experimental validation is carried out for tracking a planar walking trajectory with the built prototypes by using a real-time PCI controller. Results are presented to validate the operation characteristics of the proposed mechanism and to prove its feasibility for legged walking machines. © The Author(s), 2023.
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    Citation - WoS: 1
    Citation - Scopus: 7
    Use of Hidden Robot Concept for Calibration of an Over-Constrained Mechanism
    (IFToMM, 2015) Kiper, G.; Dede, M. I. C.; Uzunoglu, E.; Mastar, E.
    Overconstrained mechanisms prove useful in applications where high stiffness and low weight is required against high amount of forces while keeping high precision. This study issues a planar two degrees-of-freedom overconstrained parallel manipulator for positioning the end-effector with high acceleration values (>5g) with a positioning precision in the order of 30 inn. Since the manufacturing errors were compatible with the end-effector positioning errors, it was required to perform some system identification before the precision and repeatability tests. For the system identification, the end-effector position and motor input values are recorded. However, since the mechanism is overconstrained, the link lengths could not be obtained due to the lack of analytical inverse kinematics solution. In order to cope with this problem, the hidden robot concept is utilized in order to fit a simple kinematic model between the task space and the joint space of the manipulator. Further calibration studies are carried out using the error correction matrix. The test results are presented.