This paper presents a review of the state of the art in the area of cable-driven parallel
mechanisms. The basic kinematic architecture of cable-driven parallel mechanisms is first …

This paper presents a kinematic analysis of a new type of hybrid (parallel–serial) robot
manipulator. The hybrid robot manipulator under consideration consists of two serially …

This paper presents the preliminary development of a full scale, portable, modular, fully
autonomous parallel wire crane that is intended to be used for rescue operations. This …

A kinematically undetermined cable suspension manipulator moves a payload platform in
space by several cables with computer-controlled winches, whereby the position of the …

The workspace of wire robots is limited due to three factors: minimal and maximal lengths of
the wires, static equilibrium that imposes to have a positive only force in the wires and wires …

This paper studies the kinematics and statics of cable-driven parallel robots with less than
six cables, in crane configuration. A geometrico-static model is provided, together with a …

Cable mass and elasticity play a prominent role in analyzing large-scale cable-driven
parallel robots (CDPR). However, for catenary cables (ie, cables with mass and elasticity) …

This paper presents a two-staged parallel mechanism composed by a rigid platform in a
serial connection with a compliant platform, and concentrates on its configuration and …