Mobile manipulator for autonomous localization, grasping and precise placement of construction material in a semi-structured environment

P Štibinger, G Broughton, F Majer… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mobile manipulators have the potential to revolutionize modern agriculture, logistics and
manufacturing. In this work, we present the design of a ground-based mobile manipulator for …

The novel synthesis of reconfigurable generalized parallel manipulators with kinematic redundancy

C Tian, Z Xia, L Li, D Zhang - Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper presents an innovative method to construct reconfigurable Generalized Parallel
Manipulators (GPMs) through the integration of kinematotropic single-loop linkages and …

Structure synthesis of reconfigurable generalized parallel mechanisms with configurable platforms

C Tian, D Zhang, H Tang, C Wu - Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents for the first time the idea of constructing reconfigurable generalized
parallel mechanisms (GPMs) by integrating closed-loop kinematotropic linkages with …

Screw-system-variation enabled reconfiguration of the Bennett plano-spherical hybrid linkage and its evolved parallel mechanism

K Zhang, JS Dai - Journal of Mechanical Design, 2015 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This paper presents the Bennett plano-spherical hybrid linkage and proposes a novel
metamorphic parallel mechanism consisting of this plano-spherical linkage as part of limbs …

Design and kinematic analysis of a 3-RRR spherical parallel manipulator reconfigured with four–bar linkages

G Wu, S Bai - Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, the 3-RRR spherical parallel manipulator (SPM) of co-axis input is redesigned
with reconfigurability. By utilizing a simple four-bar linkage, the SPM is able to change …

Three-stage design analysis and multicriteria optimization of a parallel ankle rehabilitation robot using genetic algorithm

PK Jamwal, S Hussain, SQ Xie - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes the design analysis and optimization of a novel 3-degrees of freedom
(DOF) wearable parallel robot developed for ankle rehabilitation treatments. To address the …

Malleable robots: Reconfigurable robotic arms with continuum links of variable stiffness

AB Clark, N Rojas - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Through the implementation of reconfigurability to achieve flexibility and adaptation to tasks
by morphology changes rather than by increasing the number of joints, malleable robots …

Design and analysis of a reconfigurable parallel mechanism for multidirectional additive manufacturing

W Ye, Y Fang, S Guo - Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2017 - Elsevier
Reconfigurable parallel mechanisms (RPMs) have the advantages of high stiffness, good
dynamic performance due to their parallel structures, and can reconfigure themselves into …

Control of a 3-RRR planar parallel robot using fractional order PID controller

A Al-Mayyahi, AA Aldair, C Chatwin - International Journal of Automation …, 2020 - Springer
RRR planar parallel robots are utilized for solving precise material-handling problems in
industrial automation applications. Thus, robust and stable control is required to deliver high …

Kinematic analysis and multi-objective optimization of a new reconfigurable parallel mechanism with high stiffness

G Huang, S Guo, D Zhang, H Qu, H Tang - Robotica, 2018 - cambridge.org
This paper presents a novel reconfigurable parallel mechanism, which can serve as a
machine tool. The proposed parallel mechanism can change its structure parameters by …