The world is currently undergoing profound changes which have never happened within the
past century. Global competition in the technology and industry fields is becoming …

Kinematic accuracy is fundamental for the performance of multi-branched robots, which are
composed of multiple branches that collaborate to manipulate. Among those various factors …

Robot kinematic calibration is an effective way to reduce the errors of kinematic parameters
and improve the positioning accuracy of a robot. This paper presents a cost-effective …

Spherical target fitting (STF) is a challenging problem in terrestrial 3-D laser scanning
applications, and many algorithms have been developed for this task. This article aims to …

The integrated bearing-positioning parallel manipulator is an important mean for ground
testing of space optical telescope before being launched into space. To ensure positioning …

It is significant to improve the locomotion trajectory accuracy of a quadruped robot for more
applications. A compensation approach with kinematic parameter calibration is proposed to …

The paper presents the concept of operation and methods of using laser trackers in robotics.
So far, a small amount of research on software for sharing and exchanging data with …

The forward kinematics of parallel robots is a challenging issue due to its highly coupled non‐
linear relation among branch chains. This paper presents a novel approach to forward …

Background: A large number of on-orbit docking dynamics experiments are conducted in the
spacecraft docking motion simulation system with the development of Chinese space …

A hexapod mountain climbing robot that can carrying heavy objects based on 2-UPU&2-
RPR parallel mechanism, named XuanGui, is presented. 2-UPU&2-RPR redundant parallel …