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

Publisher Summary This chapter reviews that continuous constraint solving has been widely
studied in several fields of applied mathematics and computer science. In computer algebra …

This book is intended primarily for those not yet familiar with methods for computing with
intervals of real numbers and what can be done with these methods. Using a pair [a, b] of …

Parallel robots are closed-loop mechanisms presenting very good performances in terms of
accuracy, velocity, rigidity and ability to manipulate large loads. They have been used in a …

This book is intended primarily for those not yet familiar with methods for computing with
intervals of real numbers and what can be done with these methods. Using a pair [a, b] of …

Constraint programming is a powerful paradigm for solving combinatorial search problems
that draws on a wide range of techniques from artificial intelligence, computer science …

This book is an introduction to the mathematical theory of design for articulated mechanical
systems known as linkages. The focus is on sizing mechanical constraints that guide the …

Written by the founders of the new and expanding field of numerical algebraic geometry, this
is the first book that uses an algebraic-geometric approach to the numerical solution of …

This book is intended primarily for those not yet familiar with methods for computing with
intervals of real numbers and what can be done with these methods. Using a pair [a, b] of …

This paper presents the stiffness characteristics of a three-prismatic-universal–universal (3-
PUU) translational parallel kinematic machine (PKM). The stiffness matrix is derived …