Mixed Multi Pose Synthesis Method and Applications of Unequal Velocity Planetary Gear Trains
A mixed multi pose motion synthesis method was proposed to achieve accurate take-and-place tasks of planetary gear mechanisms with different velocities.The unequal velocity planetary gear train was regarded as a combination of planar 2R open chain mechanism and non-circular gear transmission mechanism.Constrained by the key pose(exact and approximate)data on the ideal trajec-tory,a mixed multi-pose motion synthesis model of the planar 2R open chain was established based on the condition of constant link length,and the optimal structural parameters were obtained by homoto-py algorithm.The calculation and distribution method of the non-circular gear ratio was given,and the mixed multi pose motion synthesis of unequal velocity planetary gear train was realized.The pro-posed method was applied to design the seedling picking mechanism in the field of agricultural machin-ery to meet the requirements of accurate taking and placing of vegetable pot seedlings.The correctness of the proposed method was verified by virtual simulation analysis and physical prototype experiments.
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