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This paper presents a hybrid test method that enables the investigation of contact-impact scenarios in complex systems using kinematically versatile, off-the-shelf industrial robots. Based on the pseudo-dynamic test method, the technique conducts tests on an enlarged time scale, thereby circumventing control rate and response time limitations of the transfer system. An initial exploratory study of a drop test demonstrates that non-rate dependant effects including non-linear stiffness and structural hysteresis can be captured accurately while limitations result from the neglect of rate- and time-dependant effects such as viscous damping and creep. Future work will apply the new method to contact scenarios in air-to-air refuelling.
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Bolien, M., Iravani, P., du Bois, J.L. (2015). Robotic Pseudo-Dynamic Testing (RPsDT) of Contact-Impact Scenarios. In: Dixon, C., Tuyls, K. (eds) Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems. TAROS 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9287. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22416-9_7
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