10.12.2017
Flight simulators offer a risk-free and low-cost approach for training pilots. One major challenge of the existing motion bases of the flight simulators is the limited range of motion, which compromises the fidelity of the simulators and consequently the training outcomes.
The proposed solution, the reconfigurable spherical motion generator (RSMG), achieves unlimited spherical motion by utilising reconfiguration to avoid workspace singularity. The principle is to actively alter the manipulator’s configuration before being trapped into singular configurations. Robotic arms with reconfigurable architecture, arranged in a redundant parallel configuration, were designed to actuate the spherical rotor. An RSMG prototype was developed and demonstrated unlimited rotation around an arbitrary axis in 3D space.
Personnel - Dr Stanley Ip (past student)
