One of the main advantages of the Gantry-Tau machine is a large accessible workspace/footprint ratio compared to many other parallel machines. The Gantry-Tau improves this ratio by allowing a change of assembly mode without internal link collisions or collisions between the links and the moving TCP platform. However, the optimal kinematic, elastostatic and elastodynamic design parameters of the...

In this paper we present a novel dimensional synthesis technique for approximate motion synthesis of spherical kinematic chains. The methodology uses an analytic representation of the spherical RR dyad’s workspace that is parameterized by its dimensional synthesis variables. A two loop nonlinear optimization technique is then employed to minimize the distance from the dyad’s workspace to a fini...

The inverse kinematics (IK) problem of continuum robots has been investigated in depth the past decades. Under constant-curvature bending assumption, closed-form IK solution obtained for with variable segment lengths. Attempting to close gap towards a complete solution, this letter presents an efficient 2-segment one or two inextensible segments (a.k.a, constant lengths). Via representing robot...

The present paper investigates an intuitive way of robot path planning, called robot teaching by demonstration. In this method, an operator holds the robot end-effector and moves it through a number of positions and orientations in order to teach it a desired task. The presented control architecture applies impedance control in such a way that the end-effector follows the operator’s hand with d...

in this paper, according to high load capacity and rather large workspace characteristics of cable driven robots (cdrs), maximum dynamic load carrying capacity (dlcc) between two given end points in the workspace along with optimal trajectory is obtained. in order to find dlcc of cdrs, joint actuator torque and workspace of the robot constraints concerning to non-negative tension in cables are ...

Pointing to a remembered visual target involves the transformation of binocular visual information into an appropriate motor output. Errors generated during pointing tasks may indicate the reference frames used by the CNS for the transformation and storage of the target position. Previous studies have proposed eye-, shoulder-, or hand-centered reference frames for various pointing tasks, depend...

The Position and orientation accuracy of robot manipulator has long become a major issue to be considered in its advanced application. The simplified expressions for the differential vector of the end-effector have been proposed based on the original expressions derived by Veitschegger and Wu in 1986. According to this new expression, a linear error model that described the end-effector positio...