110 GHz~170 GHz天线平面近场测量系统

面对(110~170) GHz天线准确计量的需求，设计了一套基于机械臂自动扫描的(110~170) GHz天线平面近场测量系统，它由矢量网络分析仪、扩频模块、机械臂扫描架、小型光学平台、扫描探头等硬件组成，通过测量软件设置仪器参数,控制机械臂扫描轨迹，采集扫描面上测试点的幅度和相位，将近场采集的数据用付氏近远场变换算法还原成天线增益方向图。采用标准增益喇叭天线对该系统进行实验验证，并将近场测量结果与远场测量结果进行比较，结果表明该系统测量方向图主瓣最大偏差为0.25 dB，能够满足天线计量的需求。     

Nonlinear dynamic analysis of a multi-link manipulator with flexible links-joints mounted on a mobile platform

The present work theoretically demonstrates the dynamic analysis of a planar multi-link manipulator considering flexible links and joints mounted on a moving base. A nonlinear model of a multi-manipulator (N-links) has been developed accounting for an equivalent bi-directional mobile base. The nonlinear Euler-Bernoulli beam and spring-inertia/mass system have been introduced to demonstrate the flexibilities of links and joints, respectively. Modal analysis followed by trajectory analysis has been performed to investigate the behaviors of manipulator taking into account of accurate boundary conditions. Further, vibration characteristics, steady-state responses, and their stability at resonant situations due to joint motions and inertial coupling have been studied. Results of exploiting geometric and inertial coupling due to flexible arms on stability analysis of steady-state responses have been investigated and have been subsequently verified with the findings by directly solving the governing equations. Steady-state response characteristics to explore the dynamics of the multi-link manipulators under resonant states have been studied with the varying actuator mass, the flexibility of links, lifted payload, and joint parameters. The results thus obtained, deliver a useful insight into the position analysis and long-term behavior of multi-link flexible manipulators under harmonic hub-joint motions that shall further enable its proper vibration attenuation and control.     

Energy efficient reactionless design of multi-arm space robot for a cooperative handshake maneuver

Space robots play a significant role in on-orbit capture, space structure construction, and assembly tasks. Since the robotic arms are attached to a free-floating satellite, the motion of the manipulator in such tasks and the satellite are coupled. Multiple-arm space robots can perform complex cooperative tasks and are superior to single-arm space robots. Current work proposes a reactionless manipulation algorithm for a multi-robotic arm based on the iterative Newton–Euler method for space robots with many task and balance arms. The present work demonstrates two tasks and one balance arm to perform a reactionless handshake maneuver in space. This maneuver is presented in detail for a planar and spatial case. The planar case uses 3 DoF robotic arms, while the spatial case uses 6 DoF robotic arms. In addition, the balance arm has been designed considering the efficient usage of energy satisfying reactionless manipulation concept. The design procedure focuses on minimizing energy used during the motion of the balance arm for a known motion of task arms using a genetic algorithm. Moreover, computational experiments are conducted to validate the use of the genetic algorithm for optimization. The results of proposed reactionless manipulation algorithm have been validated with the results available in the literature for the spatial case that uses a different method. In the future, an energy-efficient balance arm will be designed to handle tumbling objects.     

柔性基座冗余机械臂的最优反作用控制

针对柔性基座冗余机械臂的末端轨迹跟踪问题，提出一种反作用最优控制方法，该算法将轨迹跟踪视为高优先级任务，而反作用优化控制在高优先级任务零空间内进行。由于冗余机械臂的自运动能在不影响末端运动的前提下改变关节运动，利用冗余机械臂的自运动消除振动系统中的低阶模态力，使机械臂在完成轨迹跟踪的同时激起的弹性振动大幅减小，从而提高了系统的稳定性。以平面3自由度柔性基座机械臂和空间7自由度柔性基座机械臂为例进行数值仿真，证实了方法的有效性。