Advances in Robot Kinematics: Analysis and Design

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Jadran Lenarčič, Philippe Wenger
Springer Science & Business Media, May 29, 2008 - Technology & Engineering - 472 pages

This book presents the most recent research advances in the theory, design, control and application of robotic systems, which are intended for a variety of purposes such as manipulation, manufacturing, automation, surgery, locomotion and biomechanics.

 

Contents

A New Assessment of Singularities of Parallel Kinematic Chains
3
Singularity Analysis through Static Analysis
13
Constraint Singularities and the Structural Parameters of Parallel Robots
21
Forward Kinematics and Singularity Analysis of a 3RPR Planar Parallel
29
Geometric Algebra Approach to Singularity of Parallel Manipulators with
39
SinguLab A Graphical User Interface for the Singularity Analysis
49
Singularity Analysis of LimitedDOF Parallel Manipulators Using
59
On the Design of Fully Constrained Parallel CableDriven Robots
71
J F Gauthier J Angeles and S Nokleby
235
Samir Lahouar Saïd Zeghloul and Lotfi Romdhane
243
J A Carretero I Ebrahimi and R Boudreau
253
Ofelia G AlbaGómez J Alfonso Pamanes and Philippe Wenger
263
New SelfMotions of Parallel Manipulators 275
274
Exact Envelope Computation for Moving Surfaces with Quadratic Support
283
A CompoundStructureFrame for Improving the Performance of
291
Transitions between Multiple Solutions of the Direct Kinematic Problem
301

Synthesis of Part Orienting Devices for Spatial Assembly Tasks
79
Minimum Energy Manipulator Design 89
88
A Rojas Salgado and Y Ledezman Rubio
101
A Nonholonomic 3DOF Parallel Robot
111
4DOF Parallel Architecture for Laparoscopic Surgery
119
Mohammad Aamir Khan Matteo Zoppi and Rezio Molfino
127
Extended Jacobian Inverse Kinematics and Approximation of Distributions 137
136
A Screw Syzygy with Applications to Robot Singularity Computation
147
Selig and Peter Donelan
155
Krzysztof Tchon and Łukasz Małek
165
Karl Wohlart
177
Genericity Conditions for Serial Manipulators
185
Alternative Forms for Displacement Screws and Their Pitches
193
TimeInvariant Strategies in Coordination of Human Reaching 205
204
Mobility and Higher Order Local Analysis of the Configuration Space
215
Optimization of a Test Trajectory for SCARA Systems
225
Kinetostatic Performance of a Planar Parallel Mechanism with Variable
311
Results on Planar Parallel Manipulators with Cylindrical Singularity
321
Stiffness Matrix of Compliant Parallel Mechanisms
331
A Pair of Measures of Rotational Error for Axisymmetric Robot
345
AngularVelocity Estimation from the Centripetal Component of
353
Philippe Cardou and Jorge Angeles
361
Parallel Robot Calibration by Working Mode Change 371
370
Augmented Model of the 3PRS Manipulator for Kinematic Calibration
381
The Calibration of a Parallel Manipulator with Binary Actuation
391
JeanSébastien Plante and Steven Dubowsky
399
A Geometrical Characterization of Workspace Singularities in
409
Husty E Ottaviano and M Ceccarelli
419
Crane III Jahan Bayat Vishesh Vikas and Rodney Roberts
429
On the Delassus Parallelogram
439
Kinematic Modeling and Workspace Generation for a New Paralell Robot
459
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