Abstract 3D printing and particularly fused filament fabrication is widely used for prototyping
and fabricating low-cost customized parts. However, current fused filament fabrication 3D …

The paper presents a new structural synthesis approach of fully-isotropic translational
parallel robotic manipulators (TPMs) based on the theory of linear transformations. A TPM is …

In the future, robots will have to assist human beings in the performance of several tasks. In
order to achieve this goal, robots have to be able to follow human movement in a way that is …

Providing contact sensing on the whole body of a robot is a key feature to increase the safety
level of physical human-robot interaction. In this paper, a new robot skin capable of sensing …

A four-degree-of-freedom (DOF) 3T1R parallel manipulator is presented in this paper. This
manipulator generates the family of so-called Schönflies motions, SCARA motions or 3T1R …

Safety and dependability are of the utmost importance for physical human-robot interaction
due to the potential risks that a relatively powerful robot poses to human beings. From the …

Intrinsic passive compliance of flexible-link parallel mechanisms makes them suitable for
situations where compliant manipulation is necessary. In this work, through using elastic …

This paper is a contribution to an invited session on the benchmarking of parallel
mechanisms. The aim of the session is to compare different existing designs and prototypes …

Parallel robots are extensively used for various applications including manipulation,
machining, guiding, testing and control. The mechanical architecture of parallel robots is …

In this article, we propose a novel passive mechanism and a macro? mini architecture for
effective and intuitive physical human? robot interaction (pHRI). The macro? mini concept …