Robotic Manipulators with Vibrations: Short Time Fourier Transform of Fractional Spectra

This paper analyzes the signals catured during impacts and vibrations of a mechanical manipulator. In order to acquire and study the signals an experimental setup is implemented. The signals are treated through signal processing tools such as the fast Fourier transform and the short time Fourier tra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lima, Miguel F. M. (author)
Other Authors: Machado, J. A. Tenreiro (author), Crisóstomo, Manuel (author)
Format: bookPart
Language:eng
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/8820
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:recipp.ipp.pt:10400.22/8820
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Summary:This paper analyzes the signals catured during impacts and vibrations of a mechanical manipulator. In order to acquire and study the signals an experimental setup is implemented. The signals are treated through signal processing tools such as the fast Fourier transform and the short time Fourier transform. The results show that the Fourier spectrum of several signals presents a non integer behavior. The experimental study provides valuable results that can assist in the design of a control system to deal with the unwanted effects of vibrations.