2002 · 26 citations · 0 references
EngineeringMechanical EngineeringRobotics EngineeringMechanical DesignRobot KinematicsRoboticsKinematic DesignMechanical Structure DesignMulti-degree-of-freedom SystemsParallel Robot KinematicsParallel ManipulatorsParallel MechanismsParallel Robot MechanismsRotations
This paper gives a brief description of some novel lower-mobility parallel mechanisms developed in our recent research, including two 4-DOF (degrees-of-freedom) parallel mechanisms and two 5-DOF parallel mechanisms. The two 4-DOF parallel mechanisms can perform three dimensional rotations and one translation. The two 5-DOF parallel mechanism can perform three dimensional rotations and two translations. All of these novel parallel mechanisms have symmetrical mechanical structures.