The inspection and monitoring of industrial sites, structures, and infrastructure are important
issues for their sustainability and further maintenance. Although these tasks are repetitive …

Reconfigurable robots can be defined as a group of robots that can have different
geometries, thus obtaining different structures derived from the basic one, having different …

The study provides a solution to a dimensional synthesis problem for a hexapod-type
reconfigurable parallel mechanism, which can change its configuration to realize different …

Reconfigurable parallel manipulators combine the properties of parallel manipulators with
high flexibility. However, the workspace of parallel manipulators is, compared to serial …

The paper discusses inverse and forward kinematics of a 4-DOF parallel mechanism with a
circular rail. The mechanism can perform an unlimited rotation around one of the axes and …

In determining the maximum dynamic load-carrying capacity (DLCC) of reconfigurable motor-
driven parallel kinematic manipulators (PKM), the objective is to identify the optimal …

This work introduces a novel reconfiguration strategy for a Delta-type parallel robot. The
robot at hand, whose patent is pending, is equipped with an intermediate mechanism that …

This article presents a new design of a 2-DOF active lockable joint, which can be applied in
parallel reconfigurable manipulators as well as in other applications such as haptic devices …

Any set of two legs in a Gough–Stewart platform sharing an attachment is defined as a Δ
component. This component links a point in the platform (base) to a line in the base …

A hexapod actuator device, notably used in flight simulators or driving simulators, includes
six legs. A first end of each leg is notably mobilizable along a straight segment by virtue of a …