This paper presents an investigation into the dynamic modelling and characterisation of a two-link flexible robot manipulator. A planar two-link flexible manipulator incorporating structural damping, hub inertia and payload that moves in the horizontal plane is considered. A dynamic model of the system is developed using the Euler-Lagrange and assumed mode methods where a closed-form dynamic equation of motion of the system is obtained. Simulation is performed to assess the dynamic model and system responses at the hub and end-point of both links are presented and analysed in time and frequency domains. Moreover, effects of payload on the dynamic characteristics of the flexible manipulator are studied and discussed.
Dynamic characterisation, flexible manipulator, assumed mode method
