EP2643127A1 - Parallel robot with two degrees of freedom having two kinematic chains with maximized flexure stiffness - Google Patents

Parallel robot with two degrees of freedom having two kinematic chains with maximized flexure stiffness

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EP2643127A1
EP2643127A1 EP11785671.6A EP11785671A EP2643127A1 EP 2643127 A1 EP2643127 A1 EP 2643127A1 EP 11785671 A EP11785671 A EP 11785671A EP 2643127 A1 EP2643127 A1 EP 2643127A1
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Sébastien BRIOT
Stéphane CARO
Coralie Germain
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Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan
Ecole Centrale de Nantes
Direction de lInnovation et des Relations avec les Entreprises DIRE of CNRS
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
    • B25J18/00—Arms
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
    • B25J9/00—Programme-controlled manipulators
    • B25J9/10—Programme-controlled manipulators characterised by positioning means for manipulator elements
    • B25J9/106—Programme-controlled manipulators characterised by positioning means for manipulator elements with articulated links
    • B25J9/1065—Programme-controlled manipulators characterised by positioning means for manipulator elements with articulated links with parallelograms
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
    • B25J17/00—Joints
    • B25J17/02—Wrist joints
    • B25J17/0258—Two-dimensional joints
    • B25J17/0266—Two-dimensional joints comprising more than two actuating or connecting rods
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S901/00—Robots
    • Y10S901/14—Arm movement, spatial
    • Y10S901/15—Jointed arm
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T74/00—Machine element or mechanism
    • Y10T74/20—Control lever and linkage systems
    • Y10T74/20207—Multiple controlling elements for single controlled element
    • Y10T74/20305—Robotic arm
    • Y10T74/20329—Joint between elements

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  • Parallel robot with two degrees of freedom presenting two kinematic chains whose stiffness in bending is maximized.
  • the field of the invention is that of the design and manufacture of manipulator robots. More specifically, the invention relates to a parallel robot with two degrees of freedom of translation, designed for applications involving the placement of components or objects at high speed, these applications being commonly referred to as "pick and place” .
  • Robots used for high-speed handling applications are few. Robots of this type can however be classified into two main categories:
  • serial robots composed of a succession of rigid elements and motorized joints, thus forming an open kinematic chain, the driven member being connected to the base by a single kinematic chain;
  • parallel robots composed of at least two kinematic chains, connecting the base to the driven member, commonly referred to as the "platform", thus forming a closed architecture.
  • Each category can be further broken down into sub categories based on the robot's number of degrees of freedom.
  • These robots have four degrees of freedom: 3 translations and 1 rotation of the controlled organ.
  • parallel architecture robots have the advantage of minimizing moving masses, especially when the motors are fixed on the base, which improves the dynamic performance.
  • closed architectures intrinsically generate a greater stiffness of the kinematic chains implemented.
  • Robots of this type have greater acceleration capabilities (ranging from 15 G to 25 G) than serial robots, with Adept cycle times ranging from 0.25 s to 0.33 s.
  • robots are useful in many tasks, such as handling operations between two conveyors or assembly components.
  • robots space-architecture robots, whose movements of certain elements take place in non-parallel planes.
  • the most commonly used robots are planar robots.
  • we know robots such as those illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, the constant orientation of the platform is maintained through the use of planar parallelograms, which allow only translations between solids. They can be either driven by rotary motors, or in some cases by linear motors.
  • this achieves cycle times of 1.7 s, accelerations of 18 G and a repeatability of 0.5 mm. Its acceleration capabilities are limited because of the planar architecture which has a lower stiffness since it is subjected to bending stresses in the direction normal to the plane of displacement.
  • This robot described by the patent document published under the number WO-2009/089916, has the particularity of having a kinematic spatial chain, that is to say that, although the movements of the platform remain in a plane , the movements of some other elements constituting the kinematic chains may not be made in this plane.
  • the robot consists of four legs connecting the fixed base to the mobile platform, each leg consisting of an arm and a spatial parallelogram consisting of two bars connected at their ends to the platform and the arm by ball joints.
  • the architecture of this robot is designed in such a way that many bending stresses are removed, improving the stiffness of the robot and thus reducing the masses in motion.
  • Such a robot achieves accelerations greater than 50 G, Adept cycle times of 0.25 s.
  • the architecture of the robot is complex (with its four legs), tending to increase the difficulty of identification models used to control the robot, which can therefore be imprecise and, therefore, deteriorate the final accuracy of the robot;
  • the invention particularly aims to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art.
  • the object of the invention is to propose a parallel robot with two degrees of freedom of translation with a maximized flexural stiffness which makes it possible to improve the acceleration capacities, and therefore the speeds, of the robot and / or get better final precision.
  • the invention also aims to reduce the complexity of the architecture compared to some robots of the prior art.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide such a robot which limits the maintenance operations.
  • a parallel robot composed of two kinematic chains connecting a base to a platform intended to be displaced with respect to the base , of the type having only two degrees of freedom so that the platform is movable relative to the base in a plane (x, z) of a space (x, y, z) in which the directions x, y and z are orthogonal to each other, the kinematic chains each having an elbow connecting a proximal sub-chain, itself connected to the base, and a distal substring, itself connected to the platform, said proximal sub-chain being intended to drive the bend in translation in the plane (x , z).
  • the distal substring of at least one of the two kinematic chains comprises two bars spaced from each other in the direction (y), a first end of each bar being connected to said elbow by a linking system composed of two axes pivots orthogonal to each other, the axes of the two pivots of the connection system of one of the bars each forming a non-zero angle with the axes of the two pivots of the connection system of the other bar, the second end of each bar being connected to said platform by a connection system also composed of two axis pivots orthogonal to each other, the axes of the two pivots of the connection system of one of the bars each forming a non-zero angle with the axes of the two pivots of the connection system of the other bar.
  • the connecting systems connecting the bars of the distal substring on the one hand to the elbow and, on the other hand, to the platform allow to work the bars of the distal substring only in tension and / or in compression and / or in torsion.
  • all the bending stresses are reported at the level of the proximal sub-chain, which is an element of which robot designers classically manage to adapt the characteristics to withstand bending stresses without significantly impairing accuracy and / or or the pace of the robot.
  • a robot according to the invention comprises many fewer elements subjected to these bending stresses.
  • it is inherently steeper than existing planar robots. This makes it possible to lighten the mass of the moving elements and to improve the acceleration capabilities and / or its accuracy.
  • the architecture according to the invention is at least twice as light as a robot such as that illustrated in FIG.
  • a robot according to the invention has a space of bigger work and fewer moving masses.
  • the architecture of a robot according to the invention is about one and a half times lighter than the robot described by the document WO-2009/089916.
  • the improvement of the stiffness and the reduction of the moving masses of a robot according to the invention makes it possible to lead to an improvement in its acceleration capabilities and to an improvement in its accuracy with respect to the robot of the invention.
  • prior art the working space (area swept by the mobile platform in the Cartesian space) is larger with a robot according to the invention.
  • the architecture of a robot according to the invention only implements two kinematic chains, and does not implement ball joints. On the contrary, all these connections can be made using bearings, which are by default well suited to high speed movements in the mechanisms. It results from these advantages, a reduction of maintenance operations and ease of control of the robot to obtain a very good accuracy.
  • the two pivots connecting said bar to the elbows are grouped together in a gimbal for at least one of the bars.
  • the two pivots connecting said bar to the platform are grouped together in a gimbal for at least one of the bars.
  • the implementation of one and / or the other of these characteristics makes it possible to obtain a robot of greater compactness.
  • the axes of the two pivots at one end of the bar are parallel to the axes of the pivots at the other end of the bar.
  • the proximal substring comprises two parallel sides defining with the base and the elbow a parallelogram.
  • each side is advantageously connected to the base by a pivot.
  • each kinematic chain is connected to the base by at least one motorized pivot.
  • each side is advantageously connected to the bend also by a pivot.
  • the pivots that connect the two sides to the base and the elbow are all parallel to each other.
  • At least one of the sides comprises two parallel rods.
  • the proximal substring comprises a set of three links linking the base to the elbow, a first of which is connected at each of its ends by two pivots and the other two of which are each connected on the one hand to the base by a connection system composed of two axes pivots orthogonal to each other and, on the other hand, to the elbow also by a connection system composed of two axes pivots orthogonal to each other.
  • the proximal substring comprises two segments interconnected by a prismatic connection, one of the segments being connected to the base and the other segment being connected to the platform.
  • Figures 1 and 2 are robots of the prior art
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a robot according to a first embodiment of the invention
  • Figures 4 and 5 are diagrams illustrating the numbering rules of the directions Xkji, ykji and ⁇ ;
  • Figure 6 is a partial kinematic representation of the robot illustrated in Figure 3;
  • FIG. 7 is a partial kinematic representation of a robot according to a second embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 8 is a partial kinematic representation of a robot according to a third embodiment of the invention
  • Fig. 9 is a partial kinematic representation of a robot and a fourth embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 10 is a partial kinematic representation of a robot according to a fifth embodiment of the invention.
  • a parallel robot according to the invention comprises two kinematic chains 1, 2, each connecting the base 3 to the platform 4 (constituting the driven mobile member), intended to be displaced with respect to the base (constituting the fixed organ).
  • Such a robot has only two degrees of freedom of translation so that the platform 4 can be moved relative to the base in a plane x 0 , z 0 of a space (xo, yo, z 0 ) in which the directions xo, yo and z 0 are orthogonal to each other and define a three-dimensional space.
  • Each cinematic chain (where both s are identical) comprises:
  • the elbow 1 1 connects, by a system of connections described in more detail later, the proximal substring and the distal substring.
  • the proximal substring is connected by one of its ends to the elbow 1 1, and the other of its ends to the base 3, this via pivot type links.
  • the distal substring is connected on the one hand to the elbow 11, and on the other hand to the platform by a connection system also described in more detail later.
  • the distal substring of the two kinematic chains of the robot comprises two bars 120, 121 spaced apart from each other in the y direction.
  • the bars 120, 121 are not parallel to each other and extend symmetrically with respect to a median axis connecting the bend 11 and the platform 4 between the lower and upper ends of the bars. 120, 121.
  • joints between the bars of the distal substring and the elbow on the one hand, and the platform on the other hand are designed so that:
  • the end of the upper bar 120 is connected to the bend 11 by a connecting system composed of two axes pivots orthogonal to each other;
  • the upper end of the bar 121 is connected to the bend 11 by a connecting system composed of two axes pivots orthogonal to each other;
  • the lower end of the bar 120 is connected to the platform 4 by a connecting system also composed of two axes pivots orthogonal to each other; the lower end of the bar 121 is connected to the platform 4 by a connecting system also composed of two axes of pins orthogonal to each other.
  • the axes of the two pivots of the connecting system connecting the upper end of the bar 120 with the elbow 11 each form a non-zero angle with the axes of the two pivots of the connecting system connecting the upper end of the bar 121 with the elbow 11.
  • connection systems of the lower ends of the bars 120, 121 More specifically, the axes of the two pivots of the connection system connecting the lower end of the bar 120 with the platform 4 each form a non-zero angle with the axes of the two pivots of the connecting system connecting the lower end of the bar 121 with the platform.
  • the axes of the two pivots of the connecting system at one end of the bar are parallel to the axes of the two pivots of the connecting system at the other end of the bar.
  • FIG. 6 kinematically represents one of the kinematic chains of a robot according to a first embodiment of the invention.
  • the distal substring is designed as follows:
  • the bar 120 is connected to the bend 1 1 by a set of two pivots 50, 5 1, the pivot 51 having a pivot axis yni and the pivot 50 having a pivot axis z 2 n orthogonal to the pivot axis ym;
  • the bar 120 is connected to the platform 4 by two pivots 52, 53, the pivot 52 having a pivot axis ym (therefore parallel to that of the pivot axis of the pivot 5 1) and the pivot 53 having an axis pivoting z 2 n (so parallel to the pivot axis of the pivot 50) orthogonal to the pivot axis ym;
  • the bar 121 is connected to the bend 1 1 by two pivots 60, 61, the pivot 61 having a pivot axis ym and the pivot 60 having a pivot axis Z221 orthogonal to the pivot axis ym;
  • the bar 121 is connected to the platform 4 by two pivots 62, 63, the pivot 62 having a pivot axis ym (thus parallel to the axis of the pivot 61) and the pivot 63 having a pivot axis z 2 2i (therefore parallel to the axis of the pivot 60).
  • the pivot axes ym and ym respectively of the pivots 51 and 61 are neither parallel nor merged. It is the same for the pivot axes yi n and y m respectively pivots 52 and 62.
  • the proximal sub-chain 10 is constituted by two parallel sides 101, 102, defining a parallelogram with the base 3 and with the bend 11.
  • the upper ends of the bars 101, 102 are connected to the base 3 each by a pivot connection 70, 71.
  • the pivots 70, 71 have pivot axes parallel to each other, in the direction y 0 of the reference 3 ⁇ 4, y 0 , z 0 associated with the base 3.
  • the lower ends of the bars 101, 102 are connected to the bend 11 each by a pivot 72, 73.
  • the pivots 72, 73 have pivot axes parallel to each other extending in the direction yo.
  • the axes of the pivots 70, 71 are therefore parallel to each other and parallel to the pivot axes of the pivots 72, 73.
  • the robot furthermore has the following characteristics:
  • the bars 120, 121 are non-parallel, and extend symmetrically on either side of a median axis connecting the points 123, 124 (the point 123 being the point centered between the lower ends of the bars 120, 121 at the level of platform 4 and the point 124 being the point centered between the upper ends of the bars 120, 121 at the elbow 1 1);
  • the base 3 is part of a plane P 0 defined by the direction x 0 , yo of a reference xo, zo associated with the base, the platform 4 s' registering in a plane P2 parallel to the plane Po;
  • the bend 11 is in a plane Pi, parallel to the plane P 0 , in which the directions ym and ym are inscribed.
  • one of the pivots 70, 71 respectively connecting the bars 101, 102 to the base 3 is actuated by a motor fixed on the base 3.
  • Figure 7 illustrates a second embodiment of the invention.
  • pivots 50, 51 of the connecting system connecting the bar 120 to the elbow 1 1 are grouped within a universal joint 54 whose pivot axes are orthogonal and take the directions of yni and z 2 u pivots 50, 51;
  • pivots 52, 53 of the connecting system connecting the leg 120 to the platform 4 are grouped in a universal joint 55 whose orthogonal axes take the directions ym and z 2 n pivots 52, 53;
  • the pivots 60, 61 of the connecting system connecting the bar 121 to the elbow 1 1 are grouped together in a cardan shaft 64 whose orthogonal axes take the direction yi 2 i and z 2 2i of the pivots 61,
  • the pivots 62, 63 of the connecting system connecting the bar 121 to the platform 4 are grouped in a universal joint 65 whose orthogonal axes take the directions ym and z 22 i pivots 62, 63.
  • FIG. 8 illustrates, in kinematic form, a variant of the kinematic chain illustrated in FIG. 7. According to the variant illustrated in FIG. 8, the connection systems connecting the bars 120, 121 to the bend 11 and to the platform 4 are retained.
  • the parallelogram of the proximal substring 10 is replaced by two segments 103, 104 interconnected by a prismatic connection 105, the segment 103 being connected to the base 3 and the segment 104 being connected to the elbow 11.
  • the proximal substring has been modified in order to improve its stiffness in flexion, without, however, changing the movement of the elbow (translation relative to the base).
  • one of the sub-assemblies of the parallelogram formed by the proximal substring 10 has been doubled in order to improve its bending stiffness.
  • the proximal substring 10 thus consists of two subassemblies forming two parallel sides of a parallelogram, namely:
  • a first subassembly constituted by a bead 101
  • a second subassembly consisting of two rods 1020 and 1021 parallel to each other.
  • first subassembly therefore define a parallelogram with the base 3 and the bend 1 1. It should be noted that the first subassembly could also consist of two rods parallel to each other according to another alternative.
  • the parallelogram of the proximal substring is deleted and replaced by a set of three bars.
  • the bar number 106 is the actuated bar of the system, therefore the one that is connected to the motor placed on the base. It is connected to the elbow by a pivot axis y 0 .
  • the base is also connected to the elbow by the bars 107, 108 via cardan links (or orthogonal pivots), respectively 1070 and 1080 fixed at their ends.
  • the axes of the two gimbals 1070, 1071 of the bar 107 are parallel to each other.
  • the y and y axes 14 must not be parallel to each other.
  • This type of system allows a circular translation of the elbow. Its main advantage is as follows: bars 107 and 108, thanks to the arrangement particular cardan links, are solicited only in traction / compression / torsion. Thus, the stiffness of the proximal portion is greatly increased by this system. It should however be noted that the bar 106 is always biased in bending, this stress being minimized by the use of the mechanism composed of bars 107 and 108.

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Abstract

The invention relates to a parallel robot consisting of two kinematic chains (1, 2) connecting a base (3) to a platform (4) which is intended to be moved relative to the base, said robot comprising only two degrees of freedom such that the platform can be moved relative to the base in a plane (x, z) of a space (x, y, z) in which the x, y, and z directions are orthogonal, wherein the kinematic chains each include a bend (11) connecting a proximal sub-chain (10) connected to the base and a distal sub-chain (12) connected to the platform, said proximal sub-chain being intended to drive the bend in translation in the (x, z) plane, characterized in that the distal sub-chain of at least one of the two kinematic chains includes two rods (120, 121) spaced from each other in the (y) direction, a first end of each rod being connected to said bend by a link system consisting of two pivots (50, 51, 60, 61) having mutually orthogonal axes, wherein the axes of the two pivots (50, 51) of the link system of one of the rods (120) each define a non-zero angle with the axes of the two pivots (60, 61) of the link system of the other rod (121), the second end of each rod being connected to said platform by a link system also consisting of two pivots (52, 53, 62, 63) having mutually orthogonal axes, wherein the axes of the two pivots (52, 53) of the link system of one of the rods (120) each define a non-zero angle with the axes of the two pivots (62, 63) of the link system of the other rod (121).

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Robot parallèle à deux degrés de liberté présentant deux chaînes cinématiques dont la raideur en flexion est maximisée.  Parallel robot with two degrees of freedom presenting two kinematic chains whose stiffness in bending is maximized.
Le domaine de l'invention est celui de la conception et de la fabrication des robots manipulateurs. Plus précisément, l'invention concerne un robot parallèle à deux degrés de liberté de translation, conçu pour des applications impliquant le placement de composants ou d' obj ets à haute cadence, ces applications étant communément désignées par les termes de « pick and place ».  The field of the invention is that of the design and manufacture of manipulator robots. More specifically, the invention relates to a parallel robot with two degrees of freedom of translation, designed for applications involving the placement of components or objects at high speed, these applications being commonly referred to as "pick and place" .
Dans le domaine de l'invention, les robots utilisés pour les applications de manipulation à haute cadence sont peu nombreux. Les robots de ce type peuvent toutefois être classés en deux catégories principales :  In the field of the invention, robots used for high-speed handling applications are few. Robots of this type can however be classified into two main categories:
les robots sériels, composés d'une succession d'éléments rigides et d'articulations motorisées, formant ainsi une chaîne cinématique ouverte, l'organe piloté étant relié à la base par une seule chaîne cinématique ;  serial robots, composed of a succession of rigid elements and motorized joints, thus forming an open kinematic chain, the driven member being connected to the base by a single kinematic chain;
les robots parallèles, composés d'au moins deux chaînes cinématiques, reliant la base à l ' organe piloté, désignés couramment par le terme de « plate-forme », formant ainsi une architecture fermée.  parallel robots, composed of at least two kinematic chains, connecting the base to the driven member, commonly referred to as the "platform", thus forming a closed architecture.
Chaque catégorie peut encore être décomposée en sous catégories en fonction du nombre de degrés de liberté du robot.  Each category can be further broken down into sub categories based on the robot's number of degrees of freedom.
Dans la catégorie des robots sériels, les plus performants permettent d'atteindre des accélérations de 8 G, pour des temps de cycle Adept (Δζ = 0,025 m, Δχ = 0,3 m) de 0,4 s, et une répétabilité de l'ordre du centième de millimètre. Ces robots présentent quatre degrés de liberté : 3 translations et 1 rotation de l'organe piloté.  In the category of serial robots, the best performers can achieve accelerations of 8 G, for Adept cycle times (Δζ = 0.025 m, Δχ = 0.3 m) of 0.4 s, and a repeatability of order of one hundredth of a millimeter. These robots have four degrees of freedom: 3 translations and 1 rotation of the controlled organ.
Dans la pratique, on constate que ces robots présentent des limites en termes d'accélération ; ceci est principalement dû à leur architecture sérielle. En effet, les masses en déplacement sont généralement importantes puisque les éléments des robots sériels portent, en plus de la charge, le poids des éléments de la chaîne cinématique reliant la base et l'organe piloté. Ils sont ainsi soumis à des sollicitations de flexion importantes et doivent être alourdis et volumineux pour garantir une bonne raideur globale au robot. Leurs capacités dynamiques d'accélération sont donc fortement dégradées. In practice, we see that these robots have limits in terms of acceleration; this is mainly due to their serial architecture. Indeed, moving masses are generally important since the elements of the serial robots carry, in addition to the load, the weight of the elements of the kinematic chain connecting the base and the driven member. They are thus subjected to considerable bending stresses and must be heavy and bulky for to guarantee a good overall stiffness to the robot. Their dynamic acceleration capabilities are therefore severely degraded.
A l'inverse, les robots d'architecture parallèle présentent l'avantage de minimiser les masses en mouvement, en particulier lorsque les moteurs sont fixés sur la base, ce qui permet d'améliorer les performances dynamiques.  Conversely, parallel architecture robots have the advantage of minimizing moving masses, especially when the motors are fixed on the base, which improves the dynamic performance.
Par ailleurs, les architectures fermées engendrent intrinsèquement une raideur plus importante des chaînes cinématiques mises en œuvre.  In addition, closed architectures intrinsically generate a greater stiffness of the kinematic chains implemented.
Des robots industriels pour les applications de type « pick and place » ont donc été développés sur la base d'architectures parallèles. Les robots de ce type ont des capacités d'accélération plus importantes (allant de 15 G à 25 G) que les robots sériels, avec des temps de cycle Adept pouvant être compris entre 0,25 s et 0,33 s.  Industrial robots for pick and place applications have been developed on the basis of parallel architectures. Robots of this type have greater acceleration capabilities (ranging from 15 G to 25 G) than serial robots, with Adept cycle times ranging from 0.25 s to 0.33 s.
Globalement, même si la répétabilité des robots parallèles utilisés pour les applications de pick and place (de l'ordre de 0.1 mm) est moins bonne que celle des robots sériels utilisés pour les mêmes tâches (de l'ordre de 0.008 mm), les robots parallèles permettent clairement d'améliorer les temps de cycle ainsi que la productivité d'une entreprise, dès lors que la précision n'est pas un critère prépondérant.  Overall, even if the repeatability of the parallel robots used for pick and place applications (of the order of 0.1 mm) is less good than that of the serial robots used for the same tasks (of the order of 0.008 mm), the Parallel robots clearly make it possible to improve the cycle times as well as the productivity of a company, since precision is not a paramount criterion.
Par ailleurs, pour limiter le coût des robots, dû en grande partie au moteur et à leur contrôleur, des robots dont l'organe piloté possède moins de degrés de liberté ont récemment été proposés.  Moreover, to limit the cost of robots, due in large part to the engine and their controller, robots whose piloted body has fewer degrees of freedom have recently been proposed.
Ces robots sont utiles dans de nombreuses tâches, telles que les opérations de manutention entre deux convoyeurs ou encore d'assemblage de composants.  These robots are useful in many tasks, such as handling operations between two conveyors or assembly components.
Puisqu'ils ont moins de degrés de liberté, ils nécessitent moins de moteurs et sont par conséquent moins coûteux. Parmi tous les robots à deux degrés de liberté, les plus répandus sont ceux à deux degrés de liberté de translation. Parmi ces robots, on peut distinguer deux catégories :  Because they have fewer degrees of freedom, they require fewer motors and are therefore less expensive. Among all robots with two degrees of freedom, the most widespread are those with two degrees of freedom of translation. Among these robots, we can distinguish two categories:
les robots planaires, dont les déplacements de tous leurs éléments sont coplanaires ;  planar robots, whose movements of all their elements are coplanar;
les robots à architecture spatiale, dont les déplacements de certains éléments s'effectuent dans des plans non parallèles. Les robots les plus couramment utilisés sont les robots planaires. Parmi ceux-ci, on connaît les robots tels que ceux illustrés par les figures 1 et 2, dont l'orientation constante de la plate-forme est maintenue grâce à l'utilisation de parallélogrammes plans, qui permettent seulement des translations entre solides. Ils peuvent être soit actionnés par des moteurs rotatifs, soit dans certains cas par des moteurs linéaires. space-architecture robots, whose movements of certain elements take place in non-parallel planes. The most commonly used robots are planar robots. Among these, we know robots such as those illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, the constant orientation of the platform is maintained through the use of planar parallelograms, which allow only translations between solids. They can be either driven by rotary motors, or in some cases by linear motors.
S 'agissant en particulier du robot illustré par la figure 1, celui-ci atteint des temps de cycle de 1,7 s, des accélérations de 18 G et une répétabilité de 0,5 mm. Ses capacités d'accélération sont limitées du fait de l'architecture planaire qui présente une raideur moindre puisqu'elle est soumise à des sollicitations de flexion dans la direction normale au plan du déplacement.  With particular regard to the robot illustrated in FIG. 1, this achieves cycle times of 1.7 s, accelerations of 18 G and a repeatability of 0.5 mm. Its acceleration capabilities are limited because of the planar architecture which has a lower stiffness since it is subjected to bending stresses in the direction normal to the plane of displacement.
Afin de résoudre ce problème, il est possible d'augmenter la masse des éléments en mouvement. Ceci s'opère toutefois au détriment des capacités d'accélération et du temps de cycle.  In order to solve this problem, it is possible to increase the mass of moving elements. This is done, however, to the detriment of acceleration capabilities and cycle time.
Récemment, un nouveau type de robot parallèle à deux degrés de liberté de translation a été proposé. Ce robot, décrit par le document de brevet publié sous le numéro WO-2009/089916, présente la particularité d'avoir une chaîne cinématique spatiale, c'est-à-dire que, bien que les déplacements de la plateforme restent dans un plan, les déplacements de certains autres éléments constituant les chaînes cinématiques peuvent ne pas s'effectuer pas dans ce plan. Le robot est composé de quatre jambes reliant la base fixe à la plate-forme mobile, chaque jambe étant constituée d'un bras et d'un parallélogramme spatial composé de deux barres connectées à leurs extrémités à la plate-forme et au bras par des liaisons rotules.  Recently, a new type of parallel robot with two degrees of freedom of translation has been proposed. This robot, described by the patent document published under the number WO-2009/089916, has the particularity of having a kinematic spatial chain, that is to say that, although the movements of the platform remain in a plane , the movements of some other elements constituting the kinematic chains may not be made in this plane. The robot consists of four legs connecting the fixed base to the mobile platform, each leg consisting of an arm and a spatial parallelogram consisting of two bars connected at their ends to the platform and the arm by ball joints.
L'architecture de ce robot est conçue de telle manière que de nombreuses sollicitations de flexion sont supprimées, améliorant la raideur du robot et permettant ainsi de diminuer les masses en mouvement. Un tel robot atteint des accélérations supérieures à 50 G, des temps de cycle Adept de 0,25 s. Cependant, on peut déplorer, avec un tel robot, une faible précision (supérieure à 1 mm), due à plusieurs vecteurs parmi lesquels :  The architecture of this robot is designed in such a way that many bending stresses are removed, improving the stiffness of the robot and thus reducing the masses in motion. Such a robot achieves accelerations greater than 50 G, Adept cycle times of 0.25 s. However, one can deplore, with such a robot, a low precision (greater than 1 mm), due to several vectors among which:
l'architecture du robot est complexe (avec ses quatre jambes), tendant à augmenter la difficulté d'identification des modèles servant à la commande du robot, qui peuvent donc s'avérer peu précis et, par conséquent, détériorer la précision finale du robot ; the architecture of the robot is complex (with its four legs), tending to increase the difficulty of identification models used to control the robot, which can therefore be imprecise and, therefore, deteriorate the final accuracy of the robot;
il met en œuvre une courroie de couplage des bras, ce qui diminue la raideur du robot ;  it implements an arm coupling belt, which reduces the stiffness of the robot;
il est difficile à calibrer et conduit par conséquent à des erreurs de positionnement de la plate-forme ;  it is difficult to calibrate and therefore leads to errors in the positioning of the platform;
les liaisons rotules contraintes par des ressorts mis en œuvre dans les parallélogrammes spatiaux pour limiter les jeux dans les liaisons engendrent des frottements importants et difficiles à identifier dans les modèles de commande, qui peuvent donc s'avérer peu précis et, par conséquent, détériorer la précision finale du robot ; par ailleurs, le frottement dans ces liaisons entraîne une usure importante et, par conséquent, une maintenance fréquente et coûteuse. the ball joints that are constrained by springs used in the spatial parallelograms to limit the gaps in the links cause significant friction and are difficult to identify in the control models, which can therefore prove to be inaccurate and, consequently, deteriorate the final precision of the robot; moreover, the friction in these connections causes a significant wear and, consequently, a frequent and expensive maintenance.
L'invention a notamment pour objectif de pallier les inconvénients de l'art antérieur. The invention particularly aims to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art.
Plus précisément, l'invention a pour objectif de proposer un robot parallèle à deux degrés de liberté de translation avec une raideur en flexion maximisée qui permette d'améliorer les capacités d'accélération, et donc les cadences, du robot et/ou d'obtenir une meilleure précision finale.  More precisely, the object of the invention is to propose a parallel robot with two degrees of freedom of translation with a maximized flexural stiffness which makes it possible to improve the acceleration capacities, and therefore the speeds, of the robot and / or get better final precision.
L'invention a également pour objectif de diminuer la complexité de l'architecture en comparaison de certains robots de l'art antérieur.  The invention also aims to reduce the complexity of the architecture compared to some robots of the prior art.
Un autre objectif de l'invention est de fournir un tel robot qui limite les opérations de maintenance.  Another object of the invention is to provide such a robot which limits the maintenance operations.
Ces objectifs, ainsi que d'autres qui apparaîtront par la suite, sont atteints grâce à l'invention qui a pour objet un robot parallèle composé de deux chaînes cinématiques reliant une base à une plate-forme destinée à être déplacée par rapport à la base, du type présentant uniquement deux degrés de liberté de telle sorte que la plate-forme est susceptible d'être déplacée par rapport à la base dans un plan (x, z) d'un espace (x, y, z) dans lequel les directions x, y et z sont orthogonales entre elles, les chaînes cinématiques présentant chacune un coude reliant une sous-chaîne proximale, elle-même reliée à la base, et une sous-chaîne distale, elle-même reliée à la plate-forme, ladite sous-chaîne proximale étant destinée à entraîner le coude en translation dans le plan (x, z). Selon l'invention, la sous-chaîne distale de l'une au moins des deux chaînes cinématiques comprend deux barres écartées l'une de l'autre dans la direction (y), une première extrémité de chaque barre étant reliée audit coude par un système de liaisons composé de deux pivots d'axes orthogonaux entre eux, les axes des deux pivots du système de liaisons d'une des barres formant chacun un angle non nul avec les axes des deux pivots du système de liaisons de l'autre barre, la deuxième extrémité de chaque barre étant reliée à ladite plate-forme par un système de liaisons composé également de deux pivots d'axes orthogonaux entre eux, les axes des deux pivots du système de liaisons d'une des barres formant chacun un angle non nul avec les axes des deux pivots du système de liaisons de l'autre barre. These objectives, as well as others which will appear later, are achieved thanks to the invention which has for object a parallel robot composed of two kinematic chains connecting a base to a platform intended to be displaced with respect to the base , of the type having only two degrees of freedom so that the platform is movable relative to the base in a plane (x, z) of a space (x, y, z) in which the directions x, y and z are orthogonal to each other, the kinematic chains each having an elbow connecting a proximal sub-chain, itself connected to the base, and a distal substring, itself connected to the platform, said proximal sub-chain being intended to drive the bend in translation in the plane (x , z). According to the invention, the distal substring of at least one of the two kinematic chains comprises two bars spaced from each other in the direction (y), a first end of each bar being connected to said elbow by a linking system composed of two axes pivots orthogonal to each other, the axes of the two pivots of the connection system of one of the bars each forming a non-zero angle with the axes of the two pivots of the connection system of the other bar, the second end of each bar being connected to said platform by a connection system also composed of two axis pivots orthogonal to each other, the axes of the two pivots of the connection system of one of the bars each forming a non-zero angle with the axes of the two pivots of the connection system of the other bar.
Ainsi, grâce à l'invention, on obtient un robot de conception optimisée s' agissant notamment de :  Thus, thanks to the invention, an optimized design robot is obtained, in particular:
améliorer sa raideur, et donc ses capacités d'accélération et de cadence et/ou sa précision ;  improve its stiffness, and therefore its acceleration and cadence capabilities and / or accuracy;
diminuer la complexité de son architecture, permettant de faciliter la commande de ses différents composants afin d'obtenir une meilleure précision finale et/ou de diminuer les opérations de maintenance liées à l'usure.  to reduce the complexity of its architecture, making it easier to control its various components in order to obtain a better final precision and / or to reduce maintenance operations related to wear.
En effet, les systèmes de liaison reliant les barres de la sous-chaîne distale d'une part au coude et, d'autre part, à la plate-forme, permettent de ne faire travailler les barres de la sous-chaîne distale qu'en traction et/ou en compression et/ou en torsion. Il en résulte que toutes les contraintes de flexion sont reportées au niveau de la sous-chaîne proximale qui constitue un élément dont les concepteurs de robot parviennent classiquement à adapter les caractéristiques pour supporter des contraintes de flexion sans que cela nuise notablement à la précision et/ou la cadence du robot.  Indeed, the connecting systems connecting the bars of the distal substring on the one hand to the elbow and, on the other hand, to the platform, allow to work the bars of the distal substring only in tension and / or in compression and / or in torsion. As a result, all the bending stresses are reported at the level of the proximal sub-chain, which is an element of which robot designers classically manage to adapt the characteristics to withstand bending stresses without significantly impairing accuracy and / or or the pace of the robot.
En d'autres termes, par rapport aux architectures planes à deux degrés de liberté dans lesquelles tous les éléments sont soumis à des sollicitations de flexion dans la direction orthogonale au plan du déplacement, un robot selon l'invention comprend beaucoup moins d'éléments soumis à ces sollicitations de flexion. Ainsi, il est intrinsèquement plus raide que les robots planaires existants. Ceci permet d'alléger la masse des éléments en mouvement et d'améliorer les capacités d'accélération et/ou sa précision. In other words, with respect to the two-degree-of-freedom plane architectures in which all the elements are subjected to bending stresses in the direction orthogonal to the plane of displacement, a robot according to the invention comprises many fewer elements subjected to these bending stresses. Thus, it is inherently steeper than existing planar robots. This makes it possible to lighten the mass of the moving elements and to improve the acceleration capabilities and / or its accuracy.
II a été montré qu'avec un robot selon l'invention, à raideur équivalente, l'architecture selon l'invention est au moins deux fois plus légère qu'un robot tel que celui illustré par la figure 1.  It has been shown that with a robot according to the invention, with equivalent stiffness, the architecture according to the invention is at least twice as light as a robot such as that illustrated in FIG.
De plus, en comparaison du robot décrit par le document de brevet WO- 2009/089916, qui est composé de quatre jambes limitant le battement de l'organe piloté et ajoutant de l'inertie, un robot selon l'invention présente un espace de travail plus grand et moins de masses en mouvement. A raideur équivalente, l'architecture d'un robot selon l'invention est environ une fois et demi plus légère que le robot décrit par le document WO-2009/089916.  In addition, in comparison with the robot described by the patent document WO-2009/089916, which is composed of four legs limiting the flap of the controlled member and adding inertia, a robot according to the invention has a space of bigger work and fewer moving masses. At equivalent stiffness, the architecture of a robot according to the invention is about one and a half times lighter than the robot described by the document WO-2009/089916.
En synthèse, l'amélioration de la raideur et la diminution des masses en mouvement d'un robot selon l'invention permet de conduire à une amélioration de ses capacités d'accélération et à une amélioration de sa précision par rapport au robot de l'art antérieur. En outre, l'espace de travail (zone balayée par la plate-forme mobile dans l'espace cartésien) est plus important avec un robot selon l'invention.  In synthesis, the improvement of the stiffness and the reduction of the moving masses of a robot according to the invention makes it possible to lead to an improvement in its acceleration capabilities and to an improvement in its accuracy with respect to the robot of the invention. prior art. In addition, the working space (area swept by the mobile platform in the Cartesian space) is larger with a robot according to the invention.
De plus, l'architecture d'un robot selon l'invention met seulement en œuvre deux chaînes cinématiques, et ne met pas en œuvre de liaisons rotules. Au contraire, toutes ces liaisons peuvent être réalisées à l'aide de roulements, qui sont par défaut bien adaptés aux déplacements à grande vitesse dans les mécanismes. Il résulte de ces avantages, une diminution des opérations de maintenance et une facilité de pilotage du robot en vue d'obtenir une très bonne précision.  In addition, the architecture of a robot according to the invention only implements two kinematic chains, and does not implement ball joints. On the contrary, all these connections can be made using bearings, which are by default well suited to high speed movements in the mechanisms. It results from these advantages, a reduction of maintenance operations and ease of control of the robot to obtain a very good accuracy.
Selon un mode de réalisation préféré, les deux pivots reliant ladite barre aux coudes sont regroupés au sein d'un cardan, pour l'une au moins des barres.  According to a preferred embodiment, the two pivots connecting said bar to the elbows are grouped together in a gimbal for at least one of the bars.
Selon un autre aspect préféré, les deux pivots reliant ladite barre à la plate-forme sont regroupés au sein d'un cardan, pour l'une au moins des barres.  According to another preferred aspect, the two pivots connecting said bar to the platform are grouped together in a gimbal for at least one of the bars.
La mise en œuvre de l'une et/ou l'autre de ces caractéristiques permet d'obtenir un robot d'une plus grande compacité. De plus, pour une même barre, les axes des deux pivots à l'une des extrémités de la barre sont parallèles aux axes des pivots à l'autre extrémité de la barre. The implementation of one and / or the other of these characteristics makes it possible to obtain a robot of greater compactness. In addition, for the same bar, the axes of the two pivots at one end of the bar are parallel to the axes of the pivots at the other end of the bar.
Selon une solution avantageuse, la sous-chaîne proximale comprend deux côtés parallèles définissant avec la base et le coude un parallélogramme.  According to an advantageous solution, the proximal substring comprises two parallel sides defining with the base and the elbow a parallelogram.
Dans ce cas, chaque côté est avantageusement relié à la base par un pivot. Préférentiellement, chaque chaîne cinématique est reliée à la base par au moins un pivot motorisé.  In this case, each side is advantageously connected to the base by a pivot. Preferably, each kinematic chain is connected to the base by at least one motorized pivot.
De plus, chaque côté est avantageusement relié au coude également par un pivot.  In addition, each side is advantageously connected to the bend also by a pivot.
Dans ce cas, les pivots qui relient les deux côtés à la base et au coude sont tous parallèles entre eux.  In this case, the pivots that connect the two sides to the base and the elbow are all parallel to each other.
Selon une variante envisageable, l'un au moins des côtés comprend deux tringles parallèles.  According to a conceivable variant, at least one of the sides comprises two parallel rods.
Selon un autre mode de réalisation, la sous-chaîne proximale comprend un ensemble de trois tringles liant la base au coude dont une première est reliée à chacune de ses extrémités par deux pivots et dont les deux autres sont reliées chacune d'une part à la base par un système de liaisons composé de deux pivots d'axes orthogonaux entre eux et, d'autre part, au coude également par un système de liaisons composé de deux pivots d'axes orthogonaux entre eux.  According to another embodiment, the proximal substring comprises a set of three links linking the base to the elbow, a first of which is connected at each of its ends by two pivots and the other two of which are each connected on the one hand to the base by a connection system composed of two axes pivots orthogonal to each other and, on the other hand, to the elbow also by a connection system composed of two axes pivots orthogonal to each other.
Selon encore un autre mode de réalisation envisageable, la sous-chaîne proximale comprend deux segments reliés entre eux par une liaison prismatique, l'un des segments étant relié à la base et l'autre segment étant relié à la plateforme.  According to yet another conceivable embodiment, the proximal substring comprises two segments interconnected by a prismatic connection, one of the segments being connected to the base and the other segment being connected to the platform.
D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention apparaîtront plus clairement à la lecture de la description suivante de cinq modes de réalisation préférentiels de l'invention, donnés à titre de simples exemples illustratifs et non limitatifs, et des dessins annexés parmi lesquels :  Other features and advantages of the invention will emerge more clearly on reading the following description of five preferred embodiments of the invention, given by way of simple illustrative and non-limiting examples, and the appended drawings in which:
les figures 1 et 2 sont des robots de l'art antérieur ;  Figures 1 and 2 are robots of the prior art;
- la figure 3 est une vue schématique en perspective d'un robot selon un premier mode de réalisation de l'invention ; les figures 4 et 5 sont des schémas illustrant les règles de numérotation des directions Xkji, ykji et ζ ; FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a robot according to a first embodiment of the invention; Figures 4 and 5 are diagrams illustrating the numbering rules of the directions Xkji, ykji and ζ;
la figure 6 est une représentation cinématique partielle du robot illustré par la figure 3 ;  Figure 6 is a partial kinematic representation of the robot illustrated in Figure 3;
- la figure 7 est une représentation cinématique partielle d'un robot selon un deuxième mode de réalisation de l'invention ; la figure 8 est une représentation cinématique partielle d'un robot selon un troisième mode de réalisation de l'invention ; la figure 9 est une représentation cinématique partielle d'un rob ot se l on un qu atri èm e m o d e d e ré al i s ati on de l'invention ;  FIG. 7 is a partial kinematic representation of a robot according to a second embodiment of the invention; FIG. 8 is a partial kinematic representation of a robot according to a third embodiment of the invention; Fig. 9 is a partial kinematic representation of a robot and a fourth embodiment of the invention;
la figure 10 est une représentation cinématique partielle d'un robot selon un cinquième mode de réalisation de l'invention. En référence à la figure 3, un robot parallèle selon l'invention comprend deux chaînes cinématiques 1 , 2, chacune reliant la base 3 à la plate-forme 4 (constituant l'organe mobile piloté), destinée à être déplacée par rapport à la base (constituant l' organe fixe).  Figure 10 is a partial kinematic representation of a robot according to a fifth embodiment of the invention. With reference to FIG. 3, a parallel robot according to the invention comprises two kinematic chains 1, 2, each connecting the base 3 to the platform 4 (constituting the driven mobile member), intended to be displaced with respect to the base (constituting the fixed organ).
Un tel robot présente uniquement deux degrés de liberté de translation de telle sorte que la plate-forme 4 puisse être déplacée par rapport à la base dans un plan x0, z0 d'un espace (xo, yo, z0) dans lequel les directions xo, yo et z0 sont orthogonales entre elles et définissent un espace à trois dimensions. Such a robot has only two degrees of freedom of translation so that the platform 4 can be moved relative to the base in a plane x 0 , z 0 of a space (xo, yo, z 0 ) in which the directions xo, yo and z 0 are orthogonal to each other and define a three-dimensional space.
Chaque chaîne cinémati que (le s deux chaîne s étant identi ques) comprend :  Each cinematic chain (where both s are identical) comprises:
- une sous-chaîne proximale 10 ;  a proximal substring 10;
- un coude 1 1 ;  a bend 1 1;
- une sous-chaîne distale 12.  a distal substring 12.
Le coude 1 1 relie, par un système de liaisons décrit plus en détails par la suite, la sous-chaîne proximale et la sous-chaîne distale.  The elbow 1 1 connects, by a system of connections described in more detail later, the proximal substring and the distal substring.
La sous-chaîne proximale est donc reliée par l'une de ses extrémités au coude 1 1, et par l'autre de ses extrémités à la base 3, ceci par l'intermédiaire de liaisons de type pivot. La sous-chaîne distale est quant à elle reliée d'une part au coude 11, et d'autre part à la plate-forme par un système de liaisons également décrit plus en détails par la suite. The proximal substring is connected by one of its ends to the elbow 1 1, and the other of its ends to the base 3, this via pivot type links. The distal substring is connected on the one hand to the elbow 11, and on the other hand to the platform by a connection system also described in more detail later.
Selon le principe de l'invention, la sous-chaîne distale des deux chaînes cinématiques du robot comprend deux barres 120, 121 écartées l'une de l'autre dans la direction y.  According to the principle of the invention, the distal substring of the two kinematic chains of the robot comprises two bars 120, 121 spaced apart from each other in the y direction.
Tel que cela apparaît sur la figure 3, les barres 120, 121 ne sont pas parallèles entre elles et s'étendent symétriquement par rapport à un axe médian reliant le coude 1 1 et la plate-forme 4 entre les extrémités inférieures et supérieures des barres 120, 121.  As it appears in FIG. 3, the bars 120, 121 are not parallel to each other and extend symmetrically with respect to a median axis connecting the bend 11 and the platform 4 between the lower and upper ends of the bars. 120, 121.
De plus, les articulations entre les barres de la sous-chaîne distale et le coude d'une part, et la plate-forme d'autre part sont conçues de telle sorte que :  In addition, the joints between the bars of the distal substring and the elbow on the one hand, and the platform on the other hand are designed so that:
l'extrémité de la barre supérieure 120 est reliée au coude 11 par un système de liaison composé de deux pivots d'axes orthogonaux entre eux ;  the end of the upper bar 120 is connected to the bend 11 by a connecting system composed of two axes pivots orthogonal to each other;
l'extrémité supérieure de la barre 121 est reliée au coude 11 par un système de liaison composé de deux pivots d'axes orthogonaux entre eux ;  the upper end of the bar 121 is connected to the bend 11 by a connecting system composed of two axes pivots orthogonal to each other;
l'extrémité inférieure de la barre 120 est reliée à la plateforme 4 par un système de liaison composé également de deux pivots d'axes orthogonaux entre eux ; l'extrémité inférieure de la barre 121 est reliée à la plateforme 4 par un système de liaison composé également de deux pivots d'axes orthogonaux entre eux.  the lower end of the bar 120 is connected to the platform 4 by a connecting system also composed of two axes pivots orthogonal to each other; the lower end of the bar 121 is connected to the platform 4 by a connecting system also composed of two axes of pins orthogonal to each other.
En outre, les axes des deux pivots du système de liaison reliant l'extrémité supérieure de la barre 120 avec le coude 11 forment chacun un angle non nul avec les axes des deux pivots du système de liaison reliant l'extrémité supérieure de la barre 121 avec le coude 11.  In addition, the axes of the two pivots of the connecting system connecting the upper end of the bar 120 with the elbow 11 each form a non-zero angle with the axes of the two pivots of the connecting system connecting the upper end of the bar 121 with the elbow 11.
Il en va de même avec les systèmes de liaison des extrémités inférieures des barres 120, 121. Plus précisément, les axes des deux pivots du système de liaison reliant l'extrémité inférieure de la barre 120 avec la plate-forme 4 forment chacun un angle non nul avec les axes des deux pivots du système de liaison reliant l'extrémité inférieure de la barre 121 avec la plate-forme. The same applies to the connection systems of the lower ends of the bars 120, 121. More specifically, the axes of the two pivots of the connection system connecting the lower end of the bar 120 with the platform 4 each form a non-zero angle with the axes of the two pivots of the connecting system connecting the lower end of the bar 121 with the platform.
Il est à noter que, pour une même barre, les axes des deux pivots du système de liaison à l'une des extrémités de la barre sont parallèles aux axes des deux pivots du système de liaison à l'autre extrémité de la barre.  It should be noted that, for the same bar, the axes of the two pivots of the connecting system at one end of the bar are parallel to the axes of the two pivots of the connecting system at the other end of the bar.
Ces aspects sont illustrés par la figure 6 qui représente de façon cinématique l'une des chaînes cinématiques d'un robot selon un premier mode de réalisation de l'invention.  These aspects are illustrated in FIG. 6 which kinematically represents one of the kinematic chains of a robot according to a first embodiment of the invention.
Il est à noter au préalable les règles de notation suivantes relatives aux directions ykji et Zkji.  Note the following notation rules for ykji and Zkji directions.
Selon cette numérotation, l'indice i correspond au numéro de la chaîne cinématique (i = 1 ou 2 suivant la chaîne que l'on étudie). Ensuite, dans la notation ykji ou ζ , l'indice j (j = 1 ou 2) correspond à l 'un des sous-ensembles de la sous-chaîne distale. Le sous-ensemble j = 1 est composé, sur la figure 6 par exemple, des éléments 50, 51 , 120, 52 et 53 et la sous-chaîne j = 2 est composée des éléments 60, 61, 121, 62 et 63. Quant à l'indice k (k = 1 ou 2), il définit le nombre de transformation(s) de repère nécessaire pour passer de (xo, yo, zo) à (xkji, ykji, kji) (figures 4 et 5). C'est-à-dire que pour passer du vecteur y0 à yiji, on fait une rotation autour du vecteur y0, (figure 4), donc k = 1. Pour passer du vecteur z0 à z2ji, on fait deux rotations (donc k = 2), une autour du vecteur z0 (figure 4) et une autre autour de yiji (figure 5). According to this numbering, the index i corresponds to the number of the kinematic chain (i = 1 or 2 according to the chain which one studies). Then, in the notation ykji or ζ, the index j (j = 1 or 2) corresponds to one of the subassemblies of the distal substring. The subset j = 1 is composed, in FIG. 6 for example, of elements 50, 51, 120, 52 and 53 and the substring j = 2 is composed of elements 60, 61, 121, 62 and 63. As for the index k (k = 1 or 2), it defines the number of transformation (s) of reference necessary to pass from (xo, yo, zo) to (xkji, ykji, kji) (figures 4 and 5) . That is to say that to go from the vector y 0 to yij, we make a rotation around the vector y 0 , (figure 4), so k = 1. To pass from the vector z 0 to z 2 ji, we make two rotations (thus k = 2), one around the vector z 0 (Figure 4) and another around yi j i (Figure 5).
Tel qu'illustré par la figure 6, la sous-chaîne distale est conçue de la façon suivante :  As shown in Figure 6, the distal substring is designed as follows:
la barre 120 est reliée au coude 1 1 par un ensemble de deux pivots 50, 5 1 , le pivot 51 présentant un axe de pivotement yni et le pivot 50 présentant un axe de pivotement z2n orthogonal à l' axe de pivotement ym ; the bar 120 is connected to the bend 1 1 by a set of two pivots 50, 5 1, the pivot 51 having a pivot axis yni and the pivot 50 having a pivot axis z 2 n orthogonal to the pivot axis ym;
la barre 120 est reliée à la plate-forme 4 par deux pivots 52, 53, le pivot 52 présentant un axe de pivotement ym (donc parallèle à celui de l ' axe de pivotement du pivot 5 1) et le pivot 53 présentant un axe de pivotement z2n (donc parallèle à l'axe de pivotement du pivot 50) orthogonal à l'axe de pivotement ym ; the bar 120 is connected to the platform 4 by two pivots 52, 53, the pivot 52 having a pivot axis ym (therefore parallel to that of the pivot axis of the pivot 5 1) and the pivot 53 having an axis pivoting z 2 n (so parallel to the pivot axis of the pivot 50) orthogonal to the pivot axis ym;
la barre 121 est reliée au coude 1 1 par deux pivots 60, 61, le pivot 61 présentant un axe de pivotement ym et le pivot 60 présentant un axe de pivotement Z221 orthogonal à l' axe de pivotement ym ;  the bar 121 is connected to the bend 1 1 by two pivots 60, 61, the pivot 61 having a pivot axis ym and the pivot 60 having a pivot axis Z221 orthogonal to the pivot axis ym;
la barre 121 est reliée à la plate-forme 4 par deux pivots 62, 63, le pivot 62 présentant un axe de pivotement ym (donc parallèle à l'axe du pivot 61) et le pivot 63 présentant un axe de pivotement z22i (donc parallèle à l'axe du pivot 60). the bar 121 is connected to the platform 4 by two pivots 62, 63, the pivot 62 having a pivot axis ym (thus parallel to the axis of the pivot 61) and the pivot 63 having a pivot axis z 2 2i (therefore parallel to the axis of the pivot 60).
Selon le principe de l'invention, les axes de pivotement ym et ym respectivement des pivots 51 et 61 ne sont ni parallèles ni confondus. Il en va de même pour les axes de pivotement yi n et y m respectivement des pivots 52 et 62.  According to the principle of the invention, the pivot axes ym and ym respectively of the pivots 51 and 61 are neither parallel nor merged. It is the same for the pivot axes yi n and y m respectively pivots 52 and 62.
Par ailleurs, selon un mode de réalisation illustré par la figure 6, la sous- chaîne proximale 10 est constituée par deux côtés parallèles 101, 102, définissant un parallélogramme avec la base 3 et avec le coude 11.  Moreover, according to an embodiment illustrated in FIG. 6, the proximal sub-chain 10 is constituted by two parallel sides 101, 102, defining a parallelogram with the base 3 and with the bend 11.
Les extrémités supérieures des barres 101 , 102 sont reliées à la base 3 chacune par une liaison pivot 70, 71. Les pivots 70, 71 présentent des axes de pivotement parallèles entre eux, selon la direction y0 du référentiel ¾, yo, z0 associé à la base 3. The upper ends of the bars 101, 102 are connected to the base 3 each by a pivot connection 70, 71. The pivots 70, 71 have pivot axes parallel to each other, in the direction y 0 of the reference ¾, y 0 , z 0 associated with the base 3.
Les extrémités inférieures des barres 101, 102 sont reliées au coude 11 chacune par un pivot 72, 73. Les pivots 72, 73 présentent des axes de pivotement parallèles entre eux s' étendant selon la direction yo.  The lower ends of the bars 101, 102 are connected to the bend 11 each by a pivot 72, 73. The pivots 72, 73 have pivot axes parallel to each other extending in the direction yo.
Dans cette configuration, les axes des pivots 70, 71 sont donc parallèles entre eux et parallèles aux axes de pivotement des pivots 72 ,73.  In this configuration, the axes of the pivots 70, 71 are therefore parallel to each other and parallel to the pivot axes of the pivots 72, 73.
On note que dans le mode de réalisation illustré par la figure 6, ainsi que dans les modes de réalisation décrits par la suite, le robot présente en outre les caractéristiques suivantes :  Note that in the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 6, as well as in the embodiments described below, the robot furthermore has the following characteristics:
les barres 120, 121 sont non parallèles, et s'étendent de façon symétrique de part et d' autre d'un axe médian reliant les points 123, 124 (le point 123 étant le point centré entre les extrémités inférieures des barres 120, 121 au niveau de la plate-forme 4 et le point 124 étant le point centré entre les extrémités supérieures des barres 120, 121 au niveau du coude 1 1) ; the bars 120, 121 are non-parallel, and extend symmetrically on either side of a median axis connecting the points 123, 124 (the point 123 being the point centered between the lower ends of the bars 120, 121 at the level of platform 4 and the point 124 being the point centered between the upper ends of the bars 120, 121 at the elbow 1 1);
la base 3 s'inscrit dans un plan P0 défini par la direction x0, yo d'un référentiel xo, zo associé à la base, la plate-forme 4 s' inscrivant dans un plan P2 parallèle au plan Po ; the base 3 is part of a plane P 0 defined by the direction x 0 , yo of a reference xo, zo associated with the base, the platform 4 s' registering in a plane P2 parallel to the plane Po;
le coude 11 s'inscrit dans un plan Pi, parallèle au plan P0, dans lequel s'inscrivent les directions ym et ym. the bend 11 is in a plane Pi, parallel to the plane P 0 , in which the directions ym and ym are inscribed.
De plus, dans le mode de réalisation illustré par la figure 6, un des pivots 70, 71 reliant respectivement les barres 101, 102 à la base 3 est actionné par un moteur fixé sur la base 3.  In addition, in the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 6, one of the pivots 70, 71 respectively connecting the bars 101, 102 to the base 3 is actuated by a motor fixed on the base 3.
La figure 7 illustre un deuxième mode de réalisation de l'invention.  Figure 7 illustrates a second embodiment of the invention.
La différence avec le mode de réalisation précédent réside dans le fait que :  The difference with the previous embodiment lies in the fact that:
les pivots 50, 51 du système de liaison reliant la barre 120 au coude 1 1 sont regroupés au sein d'un cardan 54 dont les axes de pivotement sont orthogonaux et reprennent les directions de yni et z2u des pivots 50, 51 ; the pivots 50, 51 of the connecting system connecting the bar 120 to the elbow 1 1 are grouped within a universal joint 54 whose pivot axes are orthogonal and take the directions of yni and z 2 u pivots 50, 51;
les pivots 52, 53 du système de liaison reliant la jambe 120 à la plate-forme 4 sont regroupés au sein d'un cardan 55 dont les axes orthogonaux reprennent les directions ym et z2n des pivots 52, 53 ; the pivots 52, 53 of the connecting system connecting the leg 120 to the platform 4 are grouped in a universal joint 55 whose orthogonal axes take the directions ym and z 2 n pivots 52, 53;
les pivots 60, 61 du système de liaison reliant la barre 121 au coude 1 1 sont regroupés au sein d'un cardan 64 dont les axes orthogonaux reprennent la direction yi2i et z22i des pivots 61,the pivots 60, 61 of the connecting system connecting the bar 121 to the elbow 1 1 are grouped together in a cardan shaft 64 whose orthogonal axes take the direction yi 2 i and z 2 2i of the pivots 61,
60 ; 60;
les pivots 62, 63 du système de liaison reliant la barre 121 à la plate-forme 4 sont regroupés au sein d'un cardan 65 dont les axes orthogonaux reprennent les directions ym et z22i des pivots 62, 63. the pivots 62, 63 of the connecting system connecting the bar 121 to the platform 4 are grouped in a universal joint 65 whose orthogonal axes take the directions ym and z 22 i pivots 62, 63.
La figure 8 illustre, sous forme cinématique une variante de la chaîne cinématique illustrée par la figure 7. Selon la variante illustrée par la figure 8, les systèmes de liaison reliant les barres 120, 121 au coude 11 et à la plate-forme 4 sont conservés. FIG. 8 illustrates, in kinematic form, a variant of the kinematic chain illustrated in FIG. 7. According to the variant illustrated in FIG. 8, the connection systems connecting the bars 120, 121 to the bend 11 and to the platform 4 are retained.
En revanche, le parallélogramme de la sous-chaîne proximale 10 est remplacé par deux segments 103, 104 reliés entre eux par une liaison prismatique 105, le segment 103 étant relié à la base 3 et le segment 104 étant relié au coude 11.  In contrast, the parallelogram of the proximal substring 10 is replaced by two segments 103, 104 interconnected by a prismatic connection 105, the segment 103 being connected to the base 3 and the segment 104 being connected to the elbow 11.
Dans les variantes illustrées par les figures 9 et 10, la sous-chaîne proximale a été modifiée afin d'améliorer sa raideur en flexion, sans toutefois changer le mouvement du coude (translation par rapport à la base).  In the variants illustrated in FIGS. 9 and 10, the proximal substring has been modified in order to improve its stiffness in flexion, without, however, changing the movement of the elbow (translation relative to the base).
Selon le mode de réalisation illustré par la figure 9, un des sous- ensembles du parallélogramme formé par la sous-chaîne proximale 10 a été doublé afin d' améliorer sa raideur en flexion.  According to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 9, one of the sub-assemblies of the parallelogram formed by the proximal substring 10 has been doubled in order to improve its bending stiffness.
La sous-chaîne proximale 10 est donc constituée de deux sous-ensembles formant deux côtés parallèles d'un parallélogramme, à savoir :  The proximal substring 10 thus consists of two subassemblies forming two parallel sides of a parallelogram, namely:
- un premier sous-ensemble constitué par une tringle 101 ;  a first subassembly constituted by a bead 101;
- un deuxième sous-ensemble constitué par deux tringles 1020 et 1021 parallèles entre elles.  - A second subassembly consisting of two rods 1020 and 1021 parallel to each other.
Ces deux sous-ensembles définissent donc un parallélogramme avec la base 3 et le coude 1 1. Il est à noter que le premier sous-ensemble pourrait être constitué également de deux tringles parallèles entre elles selon encore une autre variante envisageable.  These two subassemblies therefore define a parallelogram with the base 3 and the bend 1 1. It should be noted that the first subassembly could also consist of two rods parallel to each other according to another alternative.
Dans le mode de réalisation illustré par la figure 10, le parallélogramme de la sous-chaîne proximale est supprimé et remplacé par un ensemble de trois barres.  In the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 10, the parallelogram of the proximal substring is deleted and replaced by a set of three bars.
La barre numéro 106 est la barre actionnée du système, donc celle qui est reliée au moteur posé sur la base. Elle est reliée au coude par un pivot d'axe y0. La base est aussi reliée au coude par les barres 107, 108 par l'intermédiaire de liaisons cardan (ou pivots orthogonaux), respectivement 1070 et 1080 fixées à leurs extrémités. Les axes des deux cardans 1070, 1071 de la barre 107 sont parallèles entre eux. Les axes y^ et y14 ne doivent pas être parallèles entre eux. Ce type de système permet une translation circulaire du coude . Mai s son principal avantage est le suivant : les barres 107 et 108, grâce à l'arrangement particulier des liaisons cardan, ne sont sollicitées qu'en traction/compression/torsion. Ainsi, la raideur de la partie proximale est considérablement augmentée grâce à ce système. Il faut cependant noter que la barre 106 est toujours sollicitée en flexion, cette sollicitation étant minimisée grâce à l'utilisation du mécanisme composé des barres 107 et 108. The bar number 106 is the actuated bar of the system, therefore the one that is connected to the motor placed on the base. It is connected to the elbow by a pivot axis y 0 . The base is also connected to the elbow by the bars 107, 108 via cardan links (or orthogonal pivots), respectively 1070 and 1080 fixed at their ends. The axes of the two gimbals 1070, 1071 of the bar 107 are parallel to each other. The y and y axes 14 must not be parallel to each other. This type of system allows a circular translation of the elbow. Its main advantage is as follows: bars 107 and 108, thanks to the arrangement particular cardan links, are solicited only in traction / compression / torsion. Thus, the stiffness of the proximal portion is greatly increased by this system. It should however be noted that the bar 106 is always biased in bending, this stress being minimized by the use of the mechanism composed of bars 107 and 108.

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Robot parallèle composé de deux chaînes cinématiques identiques reliant une base à une plate-forme destinée à être déplacée par rapport à la base, du type présentant uniquement deux degrés de liberté de telle sorte que la plate-forme est susceptible d'être déplacée par rapport à la base dans un plan (x, z) d'un espace (x, y, z) dans lequel les directions x, y et z sont orthogonales entre elles, les chaînes cinématiques présentant chacune un coude reliant une sous-chaîne proximale, elle-même reliée à la base, et une sous-chaîne distale, elle- même reliée à la plate-forme, ladite sous-chaîne proximale étant destinée à entraîner le coude en translation dans le plan (x, z), caractérisé en ce que la sous-chaîne distale de l'une au moins des deux chaînes cinématiques comprenant deux barres écartées l'une de l'autre dans la direction (y), une première extrémité de chaque barre étant reliée audit coude par un système de liaisons composé de deux pivots d'axes orthogonaux entre eux, les axes des deux pivots du système de liaisons d'une des barres formant chacun un angle non nul avec les axes des deux pivots du système de liaisons de l'autre barre, la deuxième extrémité de chaque barre étant reliée à ladite plate-forme par un système de liaisons composé également de deux pivots d'axes orthogonaux entre eux, les axes des deux pivots du système de liaisons d'une des barres formant chacun un angle non nul avec les axes des deux pivots du système de liaisons de l'autre barre, la sous- chaîne proximale étant constituée par deux côtés parallèles définissant avec la base et le coude un parallélogramme, chaque côté étant relié à la base par un pivot. A parallel robot consisting of two identical kinematic chains connecting a base to a platform to be displaced relative to the base, of the type having only two degrees of freedom so that the platform is movable relative to at the base in a plane (x, z) of a space (x, y, z) in which the x, y and z directions are orthogonal to each other, the kinematic chains each having a bend connecting a proximal substring, itself connected to the base, and a distal substring, itself connected to the platform, said proximal sub-chain being intended to drive the bend in translation in the plane (x, z), characterized in that that the substring distal of at least one of the two kinematic chains comprising two bars spaced from each other in the direction (y), a first end of each bar being connected to said elbow by a compound link system two p ivots axes orthogonal to each other, the axes of the two pivots of the connection system of one of the bars each forming a non-zero angle with the axes of the two pivots of the connection system of the other bar, the second end of each bar being connected to said platform by a connection system also composed of two axes pivots orthogonal to each other, the axes of the two pivots of the connection system of one of the bars each forming a non-zero angle with the axes of the two pivots the link system of the other bar, the proximal sub-chain being constituted by two parallel sides defining with the base and the elbow a parallelogram, each side being connected to the base by a pivot.
Robot parallèle selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que, pour l'une au moins des barres, les deux pivots reliant ladite barre au coude sont regroupés au sein d'un cardan. Robot parallèle selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que, pour l'une au moins des barres, les deux pivots reliant ladite barre à la plate-forme sont regroupés au sein d'un cardan. Parallel robot according to claim 1, characterized in that, for at least one of the bars, the two pivots connecting said bar to the elbow are grouped in a universal joint. Parallel robot according to claim 1, characterized in that, for at least one of the bars, the two pivots connecting said bar to the platform are grouped together in a gimbal.
Robot parallèle selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que chaque chaîne cinématique est reliée à la base par au moins un pivot motorisé.  Parallel robot according to claim 1, characterized in that each kinematic chain is connected to the base by at least one motorized pivot.
Robot parallèle selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que chaque côté est reliée au coude par un pivot.  Parallel robot according to claim 4, characterized in that each side is connected to the bend by a pivot.
Robot parallèle selon les revendications 4 et 5, caractérisé en ce que les axes des pivots reliant les deux côtés à la base et à la plate-forme sont tous parallèles entre eux.  Parallel robot according to claims 4 and 5, characterized in that the axes of the pivots connecting the two sides to the base and to the platform are all parallel to each other.
Robot parallèle selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'un au moins des côtés comprend deux tringles parallèles.  Parallel robot according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one of the sides comprises two parallel rods.
Robot parallèle selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que la sous-chaîne proximale comprend un ensemble de trois tringles liant la base au coude dont une première est reliée à chacune de ses extrémités par deux pivots et dont les deux autres sont reliées chacune d'une part à la base par un système de liaisons composé de deux pivots d'axes orthogonaux entre eux et, d'autre part, au coude également par un système de liaisons composé de deux pivots d'axes orthogonaux entre eux. Parallel robot according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the proximal substring comprises a set of three links connecting the base to the elbow, a first is connected at each of its ends by two pivots and the two of which others are each connected on the one hand to the base by a system of connections composed of two pivots of orthogonal axes between them and, on the other hand, to the elbow also by a system of connections composed of two pivots of orthogonal axes between them.
Robot parallèle selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que la sous-chaîne proximale comprend deux segments reliés entre eux par une liaison prismatique, l'un des segments étant relié à la base et l'autre segment étant relié au coude.  Parallel robot according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the proximal substring comprises two segments connected together by a prismatic connection, one of the segments being connected to the base and the other segment being connected at the elbow.
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