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Design of a Docking System for Cable-Driven Parallel Robot to Allow Workspace Reconfiguration in Cluttered Environments

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Package couriers are exposed to a strenuous work environment, where up to one third of their time is spent loading and unloading vehicles manually. There is a clear need for robotic systems to augment the capacity of their vehicles while reducing costs and labor. The lightweight components and scalable workspaces of cable-driven Parallel Robots (CDPRs) make them a strong option for this application, however cable interference means deployment in cluttered environments is currently infeasible. In this paper, we propose a suspended CDPR consisting of a two stage end effector with a unique docking system. The design permits the end effector to latch itself into continuous docking struts fixed throughout the workspace, re-routing the cables and deploying a sub-CDPR which can operate freely between obstacles. The design of the mechanism and the robot are presented as well as its functional modes. Workspace analysis is conducted for both the docked and undocked configurations demonstrating the feasibility and utility of such a design.

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Award No. 1928654.

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  1. Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Matthew Skopin & Taskin Padir

  2. Irish Manufacturing Research, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, Ireland

    Philip Long

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  1. LIRMM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France

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  2. Chair of Mechatronics, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany

    Tobias Bruckmann

  3. University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

    Andreas Pott

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Skopin, M., Long, P., Padir, T. (2021). Design of a Docking System for Cable-Driven Parallel Robot to Allow Workspace Reconfiguration in Cluttered Environments. In: Gouttefarde, M., Bruckmann, T., Pott, A. (eds) Cable-Driven Parallel Robots. CableCon 2021. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 104. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75789-2_13

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