Abstract In study this paper, a geometric formulation is proposed to describe the workspace of parallel manipulators by using recursive approach as an extension volume generation for solids revolution. approach, and boundary each limb manipulator obtained with algebraic derived from kinematic chain motion constraints on its joints. Then, overall mechanism can be determined intersection workspac...

Analytical methods for identifying the boundary to the workspace of mechanical manipulators and the boundary to voids in the workspace are presented. The determination of parametric equations of surface patches that envelop the workspace of serial manipulators was presented elsewhere and is extended in this paper to an analytical method for void identification. Because of the ability to identif...

Real-time educational groupware systems allow physically separated learners to work together in a shared virtual workspace at the same time. These systems do not yet approach the interaction richness of a face-to-face learning situation. In particular, one element poorly supported is workspace awareness: the up-to-the-minute knowledge a student requires about other students’ interactions with t...

Mechanical neck disorder (MND) is one of the most common health issues and is characterized by restricted cervical mobility. However, traditional kinematic information often focuses on primary movement in the cardinal plane, which seems insufficient to fully determine the kinematics of the cervical spine because of the complexity of the anatomical structures involved. Therefore, the current inv...

This work addresses a scheduling problem arising from an application in a real industrial context, namely task scheduling in the cutting department of a clothing industry. In general, clothes are produced by assembling fabric cutouts. In the cutting department, fabric rolls on a line with a constant speed, and is cut by automated machines arranged along the line. Machines are all identical. A f...

We evaluated the dynamic micromixing performances in slanted groove micromixers (SGM) and staggered herringbone micromixers (SHM) and quantitatively compared their differences using concentration vs. channel length profiles obtained from numerical stimulations. It is found that faster and finer mixing took place in the SHM and the chaotic mixing was more effective at locations closer to the gro...