Research Article

Weight Lifting Trajectory Optimization for Variable Stiffness Actuated Robot

Table 1

Simulation parameters.

Symbol ParameterValue/Unit

weight factor of duration0.5
weight factor of energy cost
weight factor of payload2
maximum deformation of elastic element
stiffness coefficient in motor position controller
damping coefficient in motor position controller
characteristic coefficient of cam disk curve12
the optimization tolerance
the moment arm of elastic torque33
spring stiffness8000
bounds of the maximum output torque
bounds of stiffness motor angle
bounds of stiffness motor velocity
bounds of stiffness motor acceleration
viscous friction coefficient
mass of link1 and link2
inertia of link1 and link2
length of link1 and link2
the center of mass of link1 and link2
initial state
terminal state