Tc. Lin et Kh. Yae, USE OF SPATIAL VELOCITY IN RECURSIVE DYNAMIC FORMULATION OF A MANIPULATOR DRIVEN BY HARMONIC DRIVES, Mechanics of structures and machines, 22(3), 1994, pp. 343-370
The recursive Newton-Euler dynamic formulation is used to derive the e
quations of motion of a manipulator with harmonic drives. The derivati
on is general, in that the harmonic drive is viewed as a separate body
that forms a kinematically closed chain with two contiguous links, le
ading to a comprehensive dynamic model. The harmonic drive is modeled
as a flexible and rigid gear with a high gear reduction ratio. Under d
ifferent modeling assumptions, the effects of gear flexibility and dyn
amic coupling are examined using a seven-degree-of-freedom manipulator
.