Modelica.Mechanics.MultiBody.Examples.Systems.RobotR3.Components

Library of components of the robot

Information

This library contains the different components of the r3 robot. Usually, there is no need to use this library directly.

Extends from Modelica.Icons.Package (Icon for standard packages).

Package Content

Name	Description
AxisControlBus	Data bus for one robot axis
ControlBus	Data bus for all axes of robot
PathPlanning1	Generate reference angles for fastest kinematic movement
PathPlanning6	Generate reference angles for fastest kinematic movement
PathToAxisControlBus	Map path planning to one axis control bus
GearType1	Motor inertia and gearbox model for r3 joints 1,2,3
GearType2	Motor inertia and gearbox model for r3 joints 4,5,6
Motor	Motor model including current controller of r3 motors
Controller	P-PI cascade controller for one axis
AxisType1	Axis model of the r3 joints 1,2,3
AxisType2	Axis model of the r3 joints 4,5,6
MechanicalStructure	Model of the mechanical part of the r3 robot (without animation)

Modelica.Mechanics.MultiBody.Examples.Systems.RobotR3.Components.AxisControlBus

Data bus for one robot axis

Information

Signal bus that is used to communicate all signals for one axis. This is an expandable connector which has a "default" set of signals. Note, the input/output causalities of the signals are determined from the connections to this bus.

Extends from Modelica.Icons.SignalSubBus (Icon for signal sub-bus).

Contents

Modelica.Mechanics.MultiBody.Examples.Systems.RobotR3.Components.ControlBus

Data bus for all axes of robot

Information

Signal bus that is used to communicate all signals of the robot. This is an expandable connector which has a "default" set of signals. Note, the input/output causalities of the signals are determined from the connections to this bus.

Extends from Modelica.Icons.SignalBus (Icon for signal bus).

Contents

Modelica.Mechanics.MultiBody.Examples.Systems.RobotR3.Components.PathPlanning1

Generate reference angles for fastest kinematic movement

Information

Given

• start and end angle of an axis
• maximum speed of the axis
• maximum acceleration of the axis

this component computes the fastest movement under the given constraints. This means, that:

1. The axis accelerates with the maximum acceleration until the maximum speed is reached.
2. Drives with the maximum speed as long as possible.
3. Decelerates with the negative of the maximum acceleration until rest.

The acceleration, constant velocity and deceleration phase are determined in such a way that the movement starts form the start angles and ends at the end angles. The output of this block are the computed angles, angular velocities and angular acceleration and this information is stored as reference motion on the controlBus of the r3 robot.

Extends from Blocks.Icons.Block (Basic graphical layout of input/output block).

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Modelica.Mechanics.MultiBody.Examples.Systems.RobotR3.Components.PathPlanning6

Generate reference angles for fastest kinematic movement

Information

Given

• start and end angles of every axis
• maximum speed of every axis
• maximum acceleration of every axis

this component computes the fastest movement under the given constraints. This means, that:

1. Every axis accelerates with the maximum acceleration until the maximum speed is reached.
2. Drives with the maximum speed as long as possible.
3. Decelerates with the negative of the maximum acceleration until rest.

The acceleration, constant velocity and deceleration phase are determined in such a way that the movement starts form the start angles and ends at the end angles. The output of this block are the computed angles, angular velocities and angular acceleration and this information is stored as reference motion on the controlBus of the r3 robot.

Extends from Blocks.Icons.Block (Basic graphical layout of input/output block).

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Modelica.Mechanics.MultiBody.Examples.Systems.RobotR3.Components.PathToAxisControlBus

Map path planning to one axis control bus

Information

This model stores the 4 reference variables q, qd, qdd, moving from the path planning on the axis control bus.

Extends from Modelica.Blocks.Icons.Block (Basic graphical layout of input/output block).

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Modelica.Mechanics.MultiBody.Examples.Systems.RobotR3.Components.GearType1

Motor inertia and gearbox model for r3 joints 1,2,3

Information

Models the gearbox used in the first three joints with all its effects, like elasticity and friction. Coulomb friction is approximated by a friction element acting at the "motor"-side. In reality, bearing friction should be also incorporated at the driven side of the gearbox. However, this would require considerable more effort for the measurement of the friction parameters. Default values for all parameters are given for joint 1. Model relativeStates is used to define the relative angle and relative angular velocity across the spring (=gear elasticity) as state variables. The reason is, that a default initial value of zero of these states makes always sense. If the absolute angle and the absolute angular velocity of model Jmotor would be used as states, and the load angle (= joint angle of robot) is NOT zero, one has always to ensure that the initial values of the motor angle and of the joint angle are modified correspondingly. Otherwise, the spring has an unrealistic deflection at initial time. Since relative quantities are used as state variables, this simplifies the definition of initial values considerably.

Extends from Modelica.Mechanics.Rotational.Icons.Gearbox (Icon of a gear box), Modelica.Mechanics.Rotational.Interfaces.PartialTwoFlanges (Partial model for a component with two rotational 1-dim. shaft flanges).

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Modelica.Mechanics.MultiBody.Examples.Systems.RobotR3.Components.GearType2

Motor inertia and gearbox model for r3 joints 4,5,6

Information

The elasticity and damping in the gearboxes of the outermost three joints of the robot is neglected. Default values for all parameters are given for joint 4.

Extends from Modelica.Mechanics.Rotational.Icons.Gearbox (Icon of a gear box), Modelica.Mechanics.Rotational.Interfaces.PartialTwoFlanges (Partial model for a component with two rotational 1-dim. shaft flanges).

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Modelica.Mechanics.MultiBody.Examples.Systems.RobotR3.Components.Motor

Motor model including current controller of r3 motors

Information

Default values are given for the motor of joint 1. The input of the motor is the desired current (the actual current is proportional to the torque produced by the motor).

Extends from Electrical.Machines.Icons.Machine (Generic icon of an electric machine).

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Modelica.Mechanics.MultiBody.Examples.Systems.RobotR3.Components.Controller

P-PI cascade controller for one axis

Information

This controller has an inner PI-controller to control the motor speed, and an outer P-controller to control the motor position of one axis. The reference signals are with respect to the gear-output, and the gear ratio is used in the controller to determine the motor reference signals. All signals are communicated via the "axisControlBus".

Extends from Blocks.Icons.Block (Basic graphical layout of input/output block).

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Modelica.Mechanics.MultiBody.Examples.Systems.RobotR3.Components.AxisType1

Axis model of the r3 joints 1,2,3

Information

Model of axis 1, 2, 3 of the robot r3. An axis consists of a gearbox with modelled gear elasticity and bearing friction, a model of the electrical motor and a continuous-time cascade controller.

Extends from AxisType2 (Axis model of the r3 joints 4,5,6).

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Modelica.Mechanics.MultiBody.Examples.Systems.RobotR3.Components.AxisType2

Axis model of the r3 joints 4,5,6

Information

The axis model consists of the controller, the motor including current controller and the gearbox including gear elasticity and bearing friction. The only difference to the axis model of joints 4,5,6 (= model axisType2) is that elasticity and damping in the gear boxes are not neglected.

The input signals of this component are the desired angle and desired angular velocity of the joint. The reference signals have to be "smooth" (position has to be differentiable at least 2 times). Otherwise, the gear elasticity leads to significant oscillations.

Default values of the parameters are given for the axis of joint 1.

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Modelica.Mechanics.MultiBody.Examples.Systems.RobotR3.Components.MechanicalStructure

Model of the mechanical part of the r3 robot (without animation)

Information

This model contains the mechanical components of the r3 robot (multibody system).

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