Development of a spherical stepping motor rotating around six axes

Akio Gofuku; Ryo Sasaki; Tomoaki Yano; Yosuke Wada; Mitsunobu Shibata

doi:10.3233/JAE-2012-1558

Development of a spherical stepping motor rotating around six axes

Akio Gofuku, Ryo Sasaki, Tomoaki Yano, Yosuke Wada, Mitsunobu Shibata

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Abstract

Spherical motors have an advantageous feature that they can rotate around multiple axes. From the advantage, spherical motors are expected to be applied to driving mechanisms of holonomic mobile robots, joints of robots, and so on. This study develops a spherical motor called 14-12 spherical stepping motor that can rotate around 6 axes. This paper describes the structure of the motor, rotation principle by five-phase ACs (Alternative Currents), a five-phase AC power supply, and rotation experiments to confirm the applicability of the motor.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	905-911
Number of pages	7
Journal	International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics
Volume	39
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3233/JAE-2012-1558
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

Spherical motor
five-phase alternative current
stepping motor

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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