TABLE 2.
RMS error values of the calibrated force and moment at different gimbal postures and different directions of loading.
| Gimbal posture | Loading (up to 290 N) | RMS error | |||||
| Fx (N) | Fy (N) | Fz (N) | Mx (Nm) | My (Nm) | Mz (Nm) | ||
| 1 | Posterior(X) | 6.95 | 1.81 | 34.57 | 0.17 | 1.21 | 0.13 |
| Lateral(Y) | 1.31 | 4.09 | 3.96 | 0.68 | 0.10 | 0.16 | |
| Inferior(Z) | 5.49 | 2.44 | 6.53 | 0.32 | 0.61 | 0.20 | |
| 2 | Posterior(X) | 6.29 | 3.78 | 28.18 | 0.39 | 1.21 | 0.17 |
| Lateral(Y) | 4.71 | 4.68 | 2.83 | 0.66 | 0.48 | 0.12 | |
| Inferior(Z) | 4.29 | 2.35 | 6.99 | 0.27 | 0.33 | 0.15 | |
| 3 | Posterior(X) | 12.08 | 1.38 | 12.49 | 0.15 | 1.30 | 0.39 |
| Lateral(Y) | 6.16 | 3.81 | 3.85 | 0.46 | 0.66 | 0.27 | |
| Inferior(Z) | 11.25 | 0.96 | 5.71 | 0.15 | 1.20 | 0.35 | |
| Calibration (Gimbal posture 1∼3, loading up to 232 N) | 5.31 | 2.05 | 3.85 | 0.27 | 0.55 | 0.19 | |
The last row shows RMS errors of the calibration based on data collected with the loading up to 232 N.