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PR2 Gripper Transmission
Basic transmission equations:
Where
gripper gap size
motor revolution
screw drive
intermediate variable.
gear ratio
geometric constants of the gripper
Jacobians
where
Inverse Transform (from $$\theta$$ to $$MR$$)
where and
Transmissions
Denote
joint_state->position by $$P_j$$ : gripper gap size in meters
actuator_state->position by $$P_a$$ : motor angle in radians
joint_state->velocity by $$V_j$$ : gripper gap velocity in meters per second
actuator_state->velocity by $$V_a$$ : motor angular rate in radians per second
joint_state->effort by $$E_j$$ : in Newtons
actuator_state->effort by $$E_a$$ : motor torque in Newton-Meters
Propagate From Actuator State to Joint State $$(P_a,V_a,E_a) \rarr (P_j,V_j,E_j)$$
Motor angle in radians ($$P_a$$) is converted to motor revolutions ($$MR$$),
and we have the transmission equation for gripper gap size above
.
Motor angular rates in radians per second () is converted to revolutions per second,
and the gripper gap velocity is approximated by
Given motor torque , gripper effort is approximated by
where is the moment of inertia at the motor and is defined as is the motor torque in .
Propagate From Joint State to Actuator State $$(P_j,V_j,E_j) \rarr (P_a,V_a,E_a)$$
pretty much the reverse of previous section, given
, inverse transmission gives , and
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Known Limitations
- Gripper transmission produced gripper effort differs from actual measured gripper effort by +/-20%.