Flexible robotic manipulator in space: towards a mathematical dynamics truth model

The objective of the study is to contribute towards the formulation of a mathematical truth model for the dynamics of a robotic manipulator which is attached to an orbiting spacecraft-manipulator system consisting of rigid constituent body is assumed to be known; here the generalization to the case of structurally flexible bodies is attempted....

Accuracy of modal frequency set with fictitious joints modelling

If one wishes to simulate the djmamics of a structurally flexible, mechanical system with the aid of rigid body software, one may be tempted to use the "fictitious joints" modelling technique recently advocated In literature. The technique is believed to be promising in the case of flexible, slender beams, such as some of the links of a space...