Design of Modifications for Constructional Elements of Manipulator Arm Aimed at Measuring of Operational Torque

Abstract:

There are often designed such constructional elements in the engineering practice that are specified for sensing of operational loading and for a precise setting of the individual components in the given technical device, for example components of a robot arm. Positioning of the robot arms is regulated by means of power output setting (or torque setting) of the driving parts (motors) predominately. Driving effect is transferred between the individual components by means of the connecting parts designed for transfer of force flow. There is described in this paper such design of modification for constructional element of the robot arm, which enables to perform measuring of torque in the joining parts of the robot arm during a current operation.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 816)
• Pages: 261-269
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.816.261
• Online since: November 2015
• Authors: Miroslav Pástor*, František Trebuňa, František Šimčák, Ľubomír Gabáni, Ladislav Vargovčík
• Keywords: Manipulator, Numerical Analysis, Support Parts, Torque Moment

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