Design, stiffness analysis and experimental study of a cable-driven parallel 3D printer

B Zi, N Wang, S Qian, K Bao - Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2019 - Elsevier
Although additive manufacturing (AM) has been developed rapidly and become an
absolutely necessary tool for reducing the cycle and cost of new product development, the …

1T2R parallel mechanisms without parasitic motion

Q Li, JM Hervé - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Parasitic motion is a major drawback of the general 1T2R parallel mechanism (PM), where T
denotes a translation degree of freedom (DOF) and R a rotational DOF. This paper …

Design and testing of a soft parallel robot based on pneumatic artificial muscles for wrist rehabilitation

Y Wang, Q Xu - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Wrist rehabilitation is needed to help post-stroke and post-surgery patients recover from
wrist fracture or injury. Traditional rehabilitation training is conducted by a therapist in a …

Inverse kinematics of a 5-axis hybrid robot with non-singular tool path generation

Q Liu, T Huang - Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper deals with non-singular tool path generation of a 5-axis hybrid robot named
TriMule, which is designed for large part machining in situ. It is observed that at a singularity …

A 3-DOF parallel manufacturing module and its kinematic optimization

F Xie, XJ Liu, J Wang - Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 2012 - Elsevier
Parallel tool heads with three degrees of freedom (DOFs), namely, two orientational DOFs
and one translational DOF, have become important manufacturing module in the field of …

Stiffness modeling of parallel mechanisms at limb and joint/link levels

H Liu, T Huang, DG Chetwynd… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Drawing on screw theory and the virtual joint method, this paper presents a general and
hierarchical approach for semianalytical stiffness modeling of parallel mechanisms. The …

Parasitic motion comparison of 3-PRS parallel mechanism with different limb arrangements

Q Li, Z Chen, Q Chen, C Wu, X Hu - Robotics and Computer-Integrated …, 2011 - Elsevier
The 3-PRS parallel mechanism (PM) is an important category of lower-mobility parallel
mechanisms. Because it can undergo one translational degree of freedom (DOF) and two …

Kinematic modelling and position control of a 3-DOF parallel stabilizing robot manipulator

M Latifinavid, A Azizi - Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 2023 - Springer
This paper focuses on investigating a parallel camera stabilizing manipulator with three
angular degrees of freedom controlled by three linear actuators. An experimental setup is …

An investigation on stiffness of a 3-PSP spatial parallel mechanism with flexible moving platform using invariant form

A Rezaei, A Akbarzadeh, MR Akbarzadeh-T - Mechanism and machine …, 2012 - Elsevier
In this paper, the stiffness of a 3-PSP spatial parallel manipulator is investigated. Unlike
traditional stiffness analysis, the moving platform is assumed to be flexible. Two analytical …

Kinetostatic-model-based stiffness analysis of Exechon PKM

J Zhang, Y Zhao, Y Jin - Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 2016 - Elsevier
As a comparative newly-invented PKM with over-constraints in kinematic chains, the
Exechon has attracted extensive attention from the research society. Different from the well …