A family of RCM mechanisms: type synthesis and kinematics analysis

Z Wang, W Zhang, X Ding - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
The remote center-of-motion (RCM) mechanism plays an important role in surgery robotics,
exoskeleton robots, haptic devices, pointing mechanisms and so on because of the …

Design and validation of a non-parasitic 2R1T parallel hand-held prostate biopsy robot with remote center of motion

W Jiang, D Wu, W Dong, J Ding, Z Ye… - J. Mech …, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The prostate is a male-specific organ with essential physiological functions. The incidence of
prostate cancer increases dramatically as the men age [1]. According to GLOBOCAN 2020 …

State of the art in movement around a remote point: a review of remote center of motion in robotics

W Zhang, Z Wang, K Ma, F Liu, P Cheng… - Frontiers of Mechanical …, 2024 - Springer
The concept of remote center of motion (RCM) is pivotal in a myriad of robotic applications,
encompassing areas such as medical robotics, orientation devices, and exoskeletal …

Development of a novel retinal surgery robot based on spatial variable remote center-of-motion mechanism

X Zhao, F Wang, C Tao, B Shi… - Journal of …, 2025 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This article reports the design, modeling, and experiments of a novel retinal surgery robot
based on spatial variable remote center-of-motion (RCM) mechanism. The general design …

[HTML][HTML] A Review on Reconfigurable Parallel Mechanisms: Design, Analysis and Challenge

L Wang, JW Zhang, D Zhang - Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Reconfigurable parallel mechanisms were first discovered in response to the growing
demand for flexible and adaptive systems in various fields. Unlike traditional mechanisms …

Acceleration analysis of 6-RR-RP-RR parallel manipulator with offset hinges by means of a hybrid method

Y Zhang, H Han, H Zhang, Z Xu, Y **ong, K Han… - Mechanism and Machine …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, the kinematics of a symmetrical hexapod parallel manipulator is investigated by
means of Denavit-Hartenberg method and differential transformation method. When …

Time-varying external archive differential evolution algorithm with applications to parallel mechanisms

S Wen, A Ji, L Che, Z Yang - Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, a time-varying external archive differential evolution algorithm is proposed,
which can obtain the multiple roots for system of nonlinear equations for the forward …

Stereotactic technology for 3D bioprinting: from the perspective of robot mechanism

B Tan, S Kuang, X Li, X Cheng, W Duan, J Zhang… - …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting has been widely applied in the field of
biomedical engineering because of its rapidly individualized fabrication and precisely …

Design and position analysis of 2PUU-2PSS parallel mechanism for auxiliary assembly in DEMO vacuum vessel

S Wen, S Wu, Q Qi, H Wu, Y Yang, Y Cheng… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study proposes a 2PUU-2PSS parallel mechanism (PM) designed to meet the high-
precision assembly requirements of the DEMO vacuum vessel. The mechanism, featuring …

Design of a spherical parallel mechanism with controllable center of rotation using a spherical reconfiguration linkage

T Essomba, WH Wang - Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2024 - Elsevier
It is well known that Remote Center of the motion (RCM) mechanisms are highly suitable for
many medical applications. While it is sometimes preferable that the mechanism can control …