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¨
θ
1
(0) = 20/(I
BC
+ m
D
l
2
BC
).
In addition, we use ATOL=RTOL= 1.0 ×10
−4
, and INITIAL STEP SIZE= 1.0 ×
10
−4
.
The results of this simulation are shown in Fig. 6.7 and Fig. 6.8. The plots
(i) and (ii) in Fig. 6.7 show the crank angle θ
1
and the angular velocity
˙
θ
1
.
Note that the torque input τ = 10(2−
˙
θ
1
) keeps θ
1
close to 2 radians/second.
The plots (iii) through (x) show the displacements and flows θ
2
,
˙
θ
2
, θ
3
,
˙
θ
3
, r
2
, ˙r
2
, r
4
, ˙r
4
, respectively. Notice that the device takes about 2 seconds
for the slider at G to travel from r
4
= 0.068 m to r
4
= −0.012 m. However,
it only takes about 1 second for the slider to travel from r
4
= −0.012 m to
r
4
= 0.068 m. For this reason this device is sometimes called a ‘quick return’
mechanism.
Finally, the plots (xi) and (xii) show the values of the constraints φ
7
, φ
8
,
φ
9
, and φ
10
. As can be seen these constraints are small relative to the desired
convergence tolerance (10
−4
.
Example 6.17.
This example simulates the response of a pla-
nar R-R robot that is controlled to track a
desired trajectory. A schematic of the robot
is shown on the right. The angles q
1
and q
2
are the generalized displacements for the sys-
tem. The input torque to the link AB is τ
1
,
and the input torque to link BC is τ
2
. The
dynamic equations of motion for this system
are derived in Example 3.14. These equations
can be written as
M
11
M
12
M
21
M
22
¨q
1
¨q
2
+
f
1
f
2
=
τ
1
τ
2
, (a)
where
M
11
= I
1
+m
1
l
2
1
4
+m
2
l
2
1
, M
12
= M
21
=
m
2
l
1
l
2
2
cos(q
1
−q
2
), M
22
= I
2
+m
2
l
2
2
4
,
f
1
=
m
2
l
1
l
2
2
˙q
2
2
sin(q
1
− q
2
), f
2
= −
m
2
l
1
l
2
2
˙q
2
1
sin(q
1
− q
2
),
and the model parameters; m
1
, m
2
, I
1
, I
2
, l
1
and l
2
are defined in Example
3.14.
Our goal here is to have the robot angles follow a desired path specified
by angles q
1d
(t), and q
2d
(t). That is, we would like q
1
(t) = q
1d
(t) and q
2
(t) =
q
2d
(t). One way to accomplish this is to specify the input torques such that