Although additive manufacturing (AM) is now a well-established industry, very few large-
scale AM systems have been developed. Here, a large-scale 3D printer is introduced, which …

Although many industrial applications have adopted parallel robots, few textbooks introduce
their analysis in terms of dynamics and control. Filling the gap, this book combines the …

Delta robots have been widely used in industrial contexts for pick-and-place applications
because of their high precision and speed. These qualities are also desirable at the …

An optimal kinematic design method suited for parallel manipulators is developed. The
kinematic optimization process yields a design that delivers the best compromise between …

Mechanism synthesis is mostly dependent on the designer's experience and intuition and is
difficult to automate. This paper aims to develop a rigorous and precise geometric theory for …

The inherent uncertainties of a manipulator, including manufacturing tolerances, input errors
and joint clearances, cause deviations between the actual motion and the expected motion …

Hybrid robots consist of both serial and parallel mechanisms, which have advantages in
stiffness and workspace compared with serial/parallel robots when machining composite …

In this paper, autonomous control problem of a class of bionic continuum robots named
“Compact Bionic Handling Arm”(CBHA) is addressed. These robots can reproduce …

A parallel manipulator is a closed kinematic structure with the necessary rigidity to provide a
high payload to self-weight ratio suitable for many applications in manufacturing, flight …

In this paper, the kinematics and inverse dynamics of a novel kind of mechanism called a
general 3-PRS parallel mechanism is investigated. In the kinematics study, the inverse …