Performance optimization of parallel manipulators (PMs) have attracted adequate attention
in recent years. It mainly concerns performance indices, optimization algorithms and …

Several industrial robotic applications that require high speed or high stiffness-to-inertia
ratios use parallel kinematic robots. In the cases where the critical point of the application is …

Taking the well-known Tricept robot as an example, this paper presents a semi-analytical
approach for elastodynamic modeling of five or six degrees of freedom (DOF) hybrid robots …

In this paper, a hybrid algorithm was proposed for multi-objective optimization design with
high efficiency and low computational cost based on the Gaussian process regression and …

A modeling approach is proposed for analyzing the natural frequencies of parallel
manipulators (PMs) using the global independent generalized displacement coordinates …

Industrial robots are increasingly used as alternatives for specialized machine tools;
however, the correct choice of a robot for a specific task or even programing the robot may …

The dynamic performance of a parallel manipulator is often limited by its natural frequencies.
These frequencies are a result of the controlled actuator stiffness and the mechanical …

Axis symmetric manipulators have the advantages of large workspace, continuous angular
rotation, high acceleration, and high-velocity motions. In this research, a novel axis …

This paper carries out the elasto-dynamic analysis of a novel 2 degrees-of-freedom (DoF)
rotational parallel mechanism (RPM) with an articulated travelling platform by means of …

In combination of the advantages of both parallel mechanisms and compliant mechanisms,
a compliant parallel mechanism with two rotational degrees of freedom is designed to meet …