Computational Dynamics, 3rd edition, thoroughly revised and updated, provides logical
coverage of both theory and numerical computation techniques for practical applications …

How good is a robot? Three challenges arise from this question: first, defining performance
from the robot's observable behavior; second, quantifying performance with an index that is …

Industrial robots are promising and competitive alternatives for performing machining
operations. A relatively low stiffness is the major constraint for the widespread use of …

This extensive review paper, which involves 204 papers, discusses comprehensively a
number of performance indices that are instrumental in the design of parallel kinematics …

The paper presents a methodology to enhance the stiffness analysis of serial and parallel
manipulators with passive joints. It directly takes into account the influence of external and …

The paper presents a new stiffness modeling method for overconstrained parallel
manipulators with flexible links and compliant actuating joints. It is based on a …

The paper is devoted to the robotic based machining. The main focus is made on robot
accuracy in milling operation and evaluation robot capacity to perform the task with desired …

The paper addresses a problem of robotic manipulator calibration in real industrial
environment. The main contributions are in the area of the elastostatic parameter …

The paper generalizes existing contributions to the stiffness modeling of robotic
manipulators using Matrix Structural Analysis. It presents a unified and systematic approach …

The paper presents an advanced stiffness modeling technique for perfect and non-perfect
parallel manipulators under internal and external loadings. Particular attention is paid to the …