DESIGN OF A POSITION AND FORCE CONTROL SCHEME FOR 6RSS PARALLEL ROBOTS AND ITS APPLICATION IN CHEWING ROBOTS

Abstract

Parallel robots have been found in many applications where the work requirements are beyond the capabilities of serial robots. For example, mouth movements of chewing foods can be generated by a parallel robot. In this paper, the issue of dynamic position and force control of a chewing robot with a 6RSS mechanism is addressed. The kinematic and dynamic models of a generic 6RSS robot are developed and are then simplified considering the special features of a practical chewing robot and the requirements of controller design. An impedance control scheme is proposed to achieve the position and force control of the robot. A detailed description on the steps to implement the controller is also presented.