arrow
Return

Modeling Kinematic and Dynamic Structures with Hypergraph-Based Formalism

delete2025-10-09
delete1
delete
OA
AI
C
Csaba Hajdu *
N
Norbert Hegyi *
DOI:10.3390/applmech6040074delete
deleteOriginal
deleteShare
deleteSave
View PDF
Abstract

Abstract

En 中文
This paper introduces a hypergraph-based formalism for modeling kinematic and dynamic structures in robotics, addressing limitations of the existing formats such as Unified Robot Description Format (URDF), MuJoCo-XML, and Simulation Description Format (SDF). Our method represents mechanical constraints and connections as hyperedges, enabling the native description of multi-joint closures, tendon-driven actuation, and multi-physics coupling. We present a tensor-based representation derived via star-expansion, implemented in the Hypergraph Model Cognition Framework (HyMeKo) language. Comparative experiments show a substantial reduction in model verbosity compared to URDF while retaining expressiveness for large-language model integration. The approach is demonstrated on simple robotic arms and a quarter vehicle model, with derived state-space equations. This work suggests that hypergraph-based models can provide a modular, compact, and semantically rich alternative for the next-generation simulation and design workflows. The introduced formalism reaches 50% reduction compared to URDF descriptions and 20% reduction compared to MuJoCo-XML descriptions.
Keywords:
hypergraphs
kinematics
dynamics
robotics
AI Summary

AI Summary

Key information extracted from the uploaded paper, including a brief overview, abstract, background, key highlights, visual analysis, and future outlook.

Journal

A
Applied Mechanics
IF:
1.5
Papers:
65
Citations:
396

Organization

U
university of istvan szechenyi
Scholars:
691
Papers: 541
Citations: 0