Dynamic analysis and structural optimization of a novel palletizing robot

A novel palletizing robot is presented and developed. By using the Newton-Euler method and the principle that the instantaneous inertial force system could be transformed into a static system, the force equilibrium equations of the whole robot and its subsystem were derived and the robot's dynamic models were established. After that, an example simulation was performed by using Matlab software and the structural optimization of the robot's key parts were discussed and analyzed in ANSYS platform. The results show that the dynamic models are correct and can be helpful for the design, validation and kinetic control based on dynamics of this kind of palletizing robots.