title: Design and implementation of spherical ultrasonic motor.
abstract: We present a mechanical design and implementation of spherical ultrasonic motor (SUSM) that is an actuator with multiple rotational degrees of freedom (multi-DOF). The motor is constructed of 3 annular stators and a spherical rotor and is much smaller and simpler than conventional multi-DOF mechanisms such as gimbals using servomotors. We designed a novel SUSM using experimental data from a single annular stator and a finite element method. The SUSM using a spherical rotor of diameter 20 mm without any reduction gear has demonstrated advantages of high responsiveness, good accuracy, and high torque at low speed. The dynamic implementation of SUSM was consistent with the driving model of SUSM based on a friction drive.
authors: Robot Inst, Carnegie Mellon Univ, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. tmashimo@cs.cmu.edu
authors: Tomoaki
authors: T
authors: Mashimo
authors: Shigeki
authors: S
authors: Toyama
authors: Hiroshi
authors: H
authors: Ishida
mesh_terms: D000162:Acoustics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D009038:Motion; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014159:Transducers; D014465:Ultrasonics