%*** CHAPTER 8: DYNAMICS OF OPEN CHAINS *** function grav = GravityForces(thetalist, g, Mlist, Glist, Slist) % Takes thetalist: A list of joint variables, % g: 3-vector for gravitational acceleration, % Mlist: List of link frames i relative to i-1 at the home position, % Glist: Spatial inertia matrices Gi of the links, % Slist: Screw axes Si of the joints in a space frame, in the format % of a matrix with the screw axes as the columns. % Returns grav: The joint forces/torques required to overcome gravity at % thetalist % This function calls InverseDynamics with Ftip = 0, dthetalist = 0, and % ddthetalist = 0. % Example Input (3 Link Robot): %{ clear; clc; thetalist = [0.1; 0.1; 0.1]; g = [0; 0; -9.8]; M01 = [[1, 0, 0, 0]; [0, 1, 0, 0]; [0, 0, 1, 0.089159]; [0, 0, 0, 1]]; M12 = [[0, 0, 1, 0.28]; [0, 1, 0, 0.13585]; [-1, 0 ,0, 0]; [0, 0, 0, 1]]; M23 = [[1, 0, 0, 0]; [0, 1, 0, -0.1197]; [0, 0, 1, 0.395]; [0, 0, 0, 1]]; M34 = [[1, 0, 0, 0]; [0, 1, 0, 0]; [0, 0, 1, 0.14225]; [0, 0, 0, 1]]; G1 = diag([0.010267, 0.010267, 0.00666, 3.7, 3.7, 3.7]); G2 = diag([0.22689, 0.22689, 0.0151074, 8.393, 8.393, 8.393]); G3 = diag([0.0494433, 0.0494433, 0.004095, 2.275, 2.275, 2.275]); Glist = cat(3, G1, G2, G3); Mlist = cat(3, M01, M12, M23, M34); Slist = [[1; 0; 1; 0; 1; 0], ... [0; 1; 0; -0.089; 0; 0], ... [0; 1; 0; -0.089; 0; 0.425]]; grav = GravityForces(thetalist, g, Mlist, Glist, Slist) %} % Output: % grav = % 28.4033 % -37.6409 % -5.4416 n = size(thetalist, 1); grav = InverseDynamics(thetalist, zeros(n, 1), zeros(n, 1) ,g, ... [0; 0; 0; 0; 0; 0], Mlist, Glist, Slist); end