Application of Dual Quaternions to Kinematics of Free-Floating Robots and its Practical Consequences
Felisiak P.A.
Kinematic problems are fundamental and inevitable for theory and applications of robots consisting of manipulators. While kinematics of single groundmounted manipulators are well studied and solved since decades, this investigation considers kinematics at a higher level of generality. In particular, it is assumed that a considered robot consists of a base and multiple serial manipulators and floats freely, e.g., as in the case of near-zero gravity. The work justifies such an assumption by application of the developed kinematic models to space robots for on-orbit servicing.
