Energy Consumption of Joints

Typically: "How do I... ", "How can I... " questions
Post Reply
hajs
Posts: 5
Joined: 20 Nov 2019, 10:18

Energy Consumption of Joints

Post by hajs »

Hey
I am working on my project which is a 7-DOF Manipulator. it is performing pick and place task. I have calculated IK joint angles through csv file and then fed them to the dynamics and made it to perform the same task by following designed trajectory.
My next task is to find the energy consumption of all the seven revolute joints. Please tell how i can calculate energy through the torque of every joint. the torque is same 25 Nm for every joint.
I haven't used rml method. the positions are extracted from IK mode.

Thanks

coppelia
Site Admin
Posts: 10375
Joined: 14 Dec 2012, 00:25

Re: Energy Consumption of Joints

Post by coppelia »

I think if you have the torque exerted by a joint (i.e. sim.getJointForce) and the angle it has moved, you can compute the energy it dissipated/accumulated. You'll have to accumulate the energy in each dynamics step, e.g. using a dynamics callback function.

Cheers

Post Reply