Design and analysis of parallel six-dimensional force sensor based on near-singular characteristics

Abstract The high sensitivity six-dimensional force sensor is the core component of intelligent robot force feedback perception, which is related to the structure of the sensor. This paper proposed a new modeling method to chain the near singular eight-branch Stewart mechanism, which indicates the relationship between structural parameters and sensitivity. The new method gains 16 new configurations by innovating the traditional Stewart institution. Configuration with high sensitivity in Fz, Mx and My directions is selected for further study. The theoretical stiffness model and force mapping model show that the sensitivity of the new structure can be amplified by 4 times in specific degrees of freedom. The results show that the nonlinear error and coupling error are 2.77% and 2.26%, respectively. The proposed method can be widely applied in the field of parallel six-dimensional force sensors.