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- Title
Passive Gravity Balancing with a Self-Regulating Mechanism for Variable Payload.
- Authors
Franchetti, Diego; Boschetti, Giovanni; Lenzo, Basilio
- Abstract
Gravity balancing techniques allow for the reduction of energy consumptions in robotic systems. With the appropriate arrangements, often including springs, the overall potential energy of a manipulator can be made configuration-independent, achieving an indifferent equilibrium for any position. On the other hand, such arrangements lose their effectiveness when some of the system parameters change, including the mass. This paper proposes a method to accommodate different payloads for a mechanism with a single degree-of-freedom (DOF). By means of an auxiliary mechanism including a slider, pulleys and a counterweight, the attachment point of a spring is automatically regulated so as to maintain the system in indifferent equilibrium regardless of the position, even when the overall mass of the system varies. Practical implications for the design of the mechanism are also discussed. Simulation results confirm the effectiveness of the proposed approach.
- Subjects
GRAVIMETERS (Geophysical instruments); POTENTIAL energy; ENERGY consumption; PULLEYS; EQUILIBRIUM
- Publication
Machines, 2021, Vol 9, Issue 8, p145
- ISSN
2075-1702
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/machines9080145