Torque Planning of a New Golf-Swing Robot to Emulate Skillful Golfers

Soichiro Suzuki

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JRM Vol.16 No.4 pp. 355-361

doi: 10.20965/jrm.2004.p0355

(2004)

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Torque Planning of a New Golf-Swing Robot to Emulate Skillful Golfers

Soichiro Suzuki

Department of Mechanical System Engineering, Kitami Institute of Technology, 165 Koen-cho, Kitami, Hokkaido 090-8507, Japan

Received:

November 11, 2003

Accepted:

July 13, 2004

Published:

August 20, 2004

Keywords:

golf-swing robot, motion control, skill of golfer, torque planning, whole-body motion

Abstract

The performance of golf clubs and balls is often evaluated by using a golf-swing robot. However, the evaluation is not reliable, because the robot cannot swing a golf club like a skillful golfer. In this study, a new golf-swing robot that can adjust its motion to the characteristics of individual golf clubs by emulating a skillful golfer is investigated analytically and experimentally. The wrist is released freely, and the shoulder is controlled by a torque plan that considers the effect of the whole-body motion of a golfer. Thus, this robot can emulate skillful golfers and perform highly reliable evaluations of golf clubs. In this paper, validity of the torque planning of the shoulder is analytically and experimentally investigated.

Cite this article as:

S. Suzuki, “Torque Planning of a New Golf-Swing Robot to Emulate Skillful Golfers,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.16 No.4, pp. 355-361, 2004.

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