This paper presents a design approach for gravity compensators using planar four-bar
mechanisms and a linear spring. This work enables the development of a class of gravity …

This paper presents the static balancing design of a special reconfigurable linkage that can
switch between two one-degree-of-freedom (DoF) working configurations. We will show that …

This paper presents a method for analyzing the performance of gravity-balanced serial
robotic manipulators under dynamic loads. The analysis is executed by adopting torque …

This paper presents a method for realizing a gear-spring balancer (GSB) that can cope with
variable payloads and its application to serial robots. The GSB is constructed with a three …

This paper presents a gravity-balancing method for a two-degree-of-freedom (2-DoF)
parallel robotic platform with variable payloads. The robotic platform is constructed with a …

The design of mechanisms for the static balancing of a rotating and weight-varying link has
tremendous implications for mechanical structures and robotic systems. This article presents …

This work denotes an insight into flexible multibody systems synthesis. In contrast with
classical synthesis approaches, the flexible behaviour of the mechanisms' different bodies is …

This paper presents a novel Schönflies-motion Parallel Manipulator with Rotational Pitch
motion (SPM-RP) based on a single-platform fully parallel mechanism. An analysis of the …

This paper presents a multi-objective optimal design method for gravity compensators with
consideration of minimizing the joint reaction forces. High performance of the gravity …

This study presents a comprehensive kinematic analysis of a subsystem for a novel patient
positioning system (PPS) aimed at accurately positioning a human body for radiosurgery …