Prototype model of tripod parallel mechanism with planar actuators for flight simulator

Author

Kondo, Hitomi ; Tanaka, Yutaka ; Shiga, Yuichi ; Goto, Hiroyuki

Author_Institution

Grad. Sch. of Eng. & Design, Hosei Univ., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2011

fDate

17-20 Aug. 2011

Firstpage

528

Lastpage

533

Abstract

In this paper a planar type of tripod parallel mechanism for a new flight simulator has been proposed and designed. The parallel mechanism has three legs translating on ground. A scale model of the tripod parallel mechanism with planar actuators is designed and fabricated. The planar actuator is performed with two-axis Sawyer type of linear motor floating on ground by aerostatic bearing. Distributed control for the three planar actuators with six-degree-of-freedom is carried out by one-chip microcomputer. The analytical and experimental results show that the planar type of tripod parallel mechanism has larger motion space and tilt angle than the conventional Stewart-Gough platform type of parallel mechanism.

Keywords

actuators; aerospace simulation; distributed control; linear motors; machine bearings; microprocessor chips; prototypes; robot dynamics; aerostatic bearing; design; distributed control; flight simulators; one-chip microcomputer; planar actuators; prototype model; tripod parallel mechanism; two-axis Sawyer type linear motor; Actuators; Atmospheric modeling; Joints; Legged locomotion; Mathematical model; Permanent magnet motors; Vehicles; aerostatic bearing; flight simulator; linear actuator; parallel mechanism;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fluid Power and Mechatronics (FPM), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8451-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FPM.2011.6045821

Filename

6045821