Abstract The kinematic redundancy is considered as a way to improve the performance of parallel mechanism. In this paper, kinematics three degree-of-freedom mechanism with (3-DOF PM-KR) and influence redundant parts on PM-KR are analyzed. Firstly, model established. inverse solutions, Jacobian matrix, workspace solved. Secondly, Since there exists redundancy, possesses fault-tolerant performanc...

This paper presents the comparison between serial and parallel manipulators. Day by day, the applications of the parallel manipulator in various field is become apparent and with a rapid rate utilized in precise manufacturing, medical science and in space exploration equipments. A parallel manipulator can be defined as a closed loop kinematic chain mechanism whose end effector is linked to the ...

This paper presents a kinematic analysis of a parallel manipulator we have been developing for the micro-positioning application that requires high control bandwidth and high precision. The developed manipulator is a class of in-parallel platforms with 3 PRPS (prismatic-revolute-prismatic-spherical joints) chain geometry. The main advantages of this manipulator, compared with the typical Stewar...

In this paper, kinematic modeling and singularity and stiffness analysis of a 3-d.o.f. redundant parallel manipulator have been elaborated in detail. It is known that, contrary to series manipulators, the forward kinematic map of parallel manipulators involves highly coupled non-linear equations, whose closed-form solution derivation is a real challenge. This issue is of great importance noting...

In this paper, a new 6-dof parallel haptic master device is proposed. Many existing haptic devices require large power due to having floating actuator and also have small workspaces. The proposed new mechanism is relatively light by employing non-floating actuators and has large workspace. Kinematic analysis and kinematic optimal design problem is performed for this mechanism. Dexterous workspa...

Kinematic accuracy reliability is an important performance index in the evaluation of mechanism quality. By using a 3DOF 3-PUU parallel robot manipulator as the research object, the position and orientation error model was derived by mapping the relation between the input and output of the mechanism. Three error sensitivity indexes that evaluate the kinematic accuracy of the parallel robot mani...

The design and analysis of a 4-DOF multi-link cable driven parallel mechanism is presented. In contrast to many existing cable driven parallel mechanism, the proposed manipulator’s rigid links are serially articulated. This design preserves the advantages associated with cabledriven parallel mechanisms, and introduces the advantages in having a serial kinematic structure. The kinematic and kine...

The paper presents the kinematic model of a new meso-scale (∼1 cm) parallel kinematic machine intended for laser phono-microsurgery of the vocal folds. The proposed mechanism uses the displacement generated by piezoelectric cantilever actuators manufactured via a Smart Composite Microstructure technique. The architecture, the geometry, and the position kinematics of the device, modeled as a spa...

The kinematic sensitivity is a unit-consistent measure that has been recently proposed as a mechanism performance index to compare robot architectures. This paper presents a robust geometric approach for computing this index for the case of planar parallel mechanisms. The physical meaning of the kinematic sensitivity is investigated through different combinations of the Euclidean and infinity n...

The LAR is a concept of a large orientable radiotelescope composed namely of a cable-driven parallel mechanism used to position and orient a feed plate. This document presents a first analysis of this mechanism’s orientation capability. The rotational kinematic sensitivity is defined here as the possible change in orientation occuring under a change in the actuation. After the application is de...