Aluminium–Steel Composite Foam in Joint Dynamic Performance of Redundant Articulated Robot Components

This paper investigates the influence of aluminium alloy low carbon (Al-LC) steel composite foam in the joint dynamic property of redundant articulated robot (RAR) by adopting modelling incorporated with simulation methodology. The customized composite foam material is used as design material for RAR components during the SOLIDWORKS CAD model development, which is incorporated with Simscape Multibody simulation tool. The dynamic property, torque exerted at robot joints, is identified by means of Simscape Multibody simulation of system blocks scheme of RAR. The results of Simscape simulation revealed the pertinence of applying Al-LC steel composite foam in designing RAR based on the dynamic property observations.