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Declared one-axis parallel-axis sum

Wrist & tool inertia

Inputs

Mass of the declared end-of-arm tooling body only.
User-entered EOAT mass moment of inertia about the stated parallel centroidal axis.
Perpendicular distance from the stated flange/wrist axis to the EOAT centre of mass.
Mass of the declared carried part or process payload.
User-entered payload mass moment of inertia about the stated parallel centroidal axis.
Perpendicular distance from the stated flange/wrist axis to the payload centre of mass.

Results

Declared EOAT + payload mass

7

EOAT inertia about stated wrist axis

0.1325

kg·m²
Payload inertia about stated wrist axis

0.185

kg·m²
Declared total wrist/tool inertia

0.3175

kg·m²
Iaxis = Icg + mr²; Itotal = IEOAT,axis + Ipayload,axis

A first-pass number, not a code check, certification, or approval. Read the method and its limits below. What this is and is not.

Nearby: Trapezoidal motion · Reflected inertia · Pneumatic cylinder force · Clamp-force transfer

Method

Formula, when it applies, and when it does not

Calculate a one-axis wrist/tool inertia from EOAT and payload mass, centroidal inertia, and independent flange-axis offsets.

Iaxis = Icg + mr²; Itotal = IEOAT,axis + Ipayload,axis

When

  • One declared parallel rotation axis
  • User-entered centroidal inertias
  • User-entered flange-axis offsets
  • Rigid lumped EOAT and payload bodies

Don’t

  • This is a one-axis, user-entered parallel-axis inertia sum for two rigid declared bodies. It does not construct an inertia tensor, infer geometry, identify a robot axis, calculate motion dynamics, establish payload/reach/duty limits, validate collision, select hardware, establish safety, or approve a robot cell.
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