Grasp planning and motion synthesis for dexterous manipulation tasks are traditionally done
given a pre-existing kinematic model for the robotic hand. In this paper, we introduce a …

The number of individuals with upper or lower extremities dysfunction (ULED) has
considerably increased in the past decades resulting in a high economic burden for the …

Parallel robots have inherent advantages for many applications in the fields of robotics. They
offer high dynamic capabilities combined with high accuracy and stiffness. There are a lot of …

Parallel robots find many applications in human-systems interaction, medical robots,
rehabilitation, exoskeletons, to name a few. These applications are characterized by many …

This paper investigates several robotic mechanisms for ankle function evaluation,
measurement and physiotherapy. For the choice, design and operation of the mechanism …

This paper presents an optimal kinematic design for a general type of 3-RPS spatial parallel
manipulator based on multi-objective optimization. The objective functions considered are …

This paper investigates a comparative kinematic analysis between nonredundant and
redundant 2-Degree Of Freedom parallel manipulators. The nonredundant manipulator is …

The paper presents a novel structure of the Isoglide3 Parallel Robot (IG3PR), as an effective
robotic device with three degrees of freedom manipulation. The IG3PR manipulator offers …

Parallel robots find many applications in human-systems interaction, medical robots,
rehabilitation, exoskeletons, to name a few. These applications are characterized by many …

This paper discusses a practical approach to the concurrent design of robot manipulators,
which is based on an alternative design methodology, namely Holistic Concurrent Design …