Research on the inverse kinematics of heavy-load manipulator and end-effector for fusion reactor

The environment in Tokamak fusion reactor is hostile to remote handling (RH) equipment that maintains in-vessel components. Many maintenance tasks include transferring components, pipe cutting, and welding in the vacuum vessel (VV). To fulfill these maintenance works, a 7- degree-of-freedom (DOF) he...

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出版年:Nuclear Engineering and Technology
主要な著者: Yang Cheng, Kun Lu, Hongtao Pan, Yong Cheng, Guodong Qin, Yongjun Sun, Jun Zhang, Wanjin Zhang, Hao Han
フォーマット: 論文
言語:英語
出版事項: Elsevier 2025-04-01
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オンライン・アクセス:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S173857332400528X
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要約:The environment in Tokamak fusion reactor is hostile to remote handling (RH) equipment that maintains in-vessel components. Many maintenance tasks include transferring components, pipe cutting, and welding in the vacuum vessel (VV). To fulfill these maintenance works, a 7- degree-of-freedom (DOF) heavy load manipulator and a 3-DOF end-effector are designed and connected together to form a 10-DOF redundant robot. The inverse kinematics for such a high redundancy robot, considering obstacle avoidance in the complex space of VV, is a challenge. To solve this problem, the Jacobian method is adopted, and a method specially designed for obstacle avoidance of redundant robots working in the VV is integrated to simplify algorithm calculation and improve inverse solution efficiency. The algorithm is applied to solve the inverse kinematics of the redundant robot for the maintenance of the divertor plasma facing components (PFC) in VV. The results show that the inverse kinematics of the redundant robot can be solved quickly with high positioning accuracy. The method can also be used for other fusion reactor maintenance robots with some adjustments. The maintenance efficiency of redundant robot can be improved with the method which can be valuable for the whole remote handling process.
ISSN:1738-5733