MODELING THE COMPLIANCE OF A VARIABLE STIFFNESS C-SHAPED LEG USING CASTIGLIANO'S THEOREM

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2010-08-18

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Ünlü Aydın, Yücel
Galloway, Kevin C.
Yazıcıoğlu, Yiğit
Koditschek, Daniel E.

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This paper discusses the application of Castigliano's Theorem to a half circular beam intended for use as a shaped, tunable, passively compliant robot leg. We present closed-form equations characterizing the deflection behavior of the beam (whose compliance properties vary along the leg) under appropriate loads. We compare the accuracy of this analytical representation to that of a Pseudo Rigid Body (PRB) approximation in predicting the data obtained by measuring the deflection of a physical half-circular beam under the application of known static loads. We briefly discuss the further application of the new model for solving the dynamic equations of a hexapod robot with a C-shaped leg.

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Modeling, Stiffness, Theorems (Mathematics), Deflection, Robots, Stress, Approximation, Equations of motion

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/53750

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