The world is currently undergoing profound changes which have never happened within the
past century. Global competition in the technology and industry fields is becoming …

Parallel machine tools (PMTs) are suitable for machining parts with complex surface
features, owing to their advantages in providing flexible attitude adjustments and quick …

In order to carry out high-precision machining of aerospace structural components with large
size, thin wall and complex surface, this paper proposes a novel parallel kinematic machine …

This paper deals with the stiffness modeling and analysis of a novel 5-DOF hybrid robot
named TriMule which is composed of a 3-DOF positioning parallel mechanism plus a 2-DOF …

Parallel tool heads with three degrees of freedom (DOFs), namely, two orientational DOFs
and one translational DOF, have become important manufacturing module in the field of …

Drawing on screw theory and the virtual joint method, this paper presents a general and
hierarchical approach for semianalytical stiffness modeling of parallel mechanisms. The …

Toolpath smoothing is an important approach to improve robots' operational stability and
machining quality. Nowadays, the corner rounding smoothing and curve fitting smoothing …

The stiffness of the Exechon hybrid manipulator is a crucial performance indicator as the
manipulator is used as a 5-axis machine tool. Normally, the serial module of the Exechon 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 …

As a comparative newly-invented PKM with over-constraints in kinematic chains, the
Exechon has attracted extensive attention from the research society. Different from the well …