Tactical Requirements Enforcing Ability Analysis of Different WeaponManipulators for Military Unmanned Ground Vehicles

  • Tsung-Chien Chen National Defense University, Tao-Yuan
  • Yung-Lung Lee National Defense University, Tao-yuan
Keywords: Military unmanned ground vehicles, MUGV, weapon manipulator, gradability performance

Abstract

It is an important work to design a weapon manipulator to satisfy the tactical needs for the militaryunmanned ground vehicles (MUGV). In this work, the RRR and 6-SPS mechanisms are proposed to designa weapon manipulator. The design factors for the weapon manipulator to satisfy the tactical needs are alsodiscussed. According to the direct and inverse position analysis methods, the workspace analysis results showthat these two mechanisms have better performances in satisfying the tactical needs than the RR and RPRmechanisms. The gradability performance is also discussed to verify that the proposed mechanisms can achievea good performance. The analysis results can provide a reference resource for designers to design a weaponmanipulator for MUGV.

Defence Science Journal, 2008, 58(5), pp.664-677, DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/dsj.58.1690

Author Biographies

Tsung-Chien Chen, National Defense University, Tao-Yuan
Chung-Cheng Institute of Technology National Defense University, Tahsi, Tao yuan
Yung-Lung Lee, National Defense University, Tao-yuan
Chung-Cheng Institute of Technology National Defense University, Tahsi, Tao yuan
Published
2008-09-01
How to Cite
Chen, T.-C., & Lee, Y.-L. (2008). Tactical Requirements Enforcing Ability Analysis of Different WeaponManipulators for Military Unmanned Ground Vehicles. Defence Science Journal, 58(5), 664-677. https://doi.org/10.14429/dsj.58.1690