• DocumentCode
    2235353
  • Title

    Type synthesis of 4-DOF parallel manipulators

  • Author

    Li, Qinchuan ; Huang, Zhen

  • Author_Institution
    Robotics Res. Center, Yanshan Univ., Hebei, China
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    14-19 Sept. 2003
  • Firstpage
    755
  • Abstract
    The number of 4-DOF (degrees of freedom) parallel manipulators with full-cycle mobility has been small for a long time. In this paper, the type synthesis of 4-DOF parallel manipulators is performed systematically by the constraint-synthesis method. Novel 4-DOF symmetrical and asymmetrical parallel manipulators with full-cycle mobility are identified and enumerated. Moreover, structural characteristics of the 4-DOF parallel manipulators are revealed.
  • Keywords
    constraint theory; manipulators; 4-DOF asymmetrical parallel manipulators; 4-DOF symmetrical parallel manipulators; constrained-synthesis method; full-cycle mobility; systematic type synthesis; Costs; Fasteners; Inspection; Kinematics; Manipulators; Manufacturing; Materials handling; Mobile robots; Parallel robots;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Robotics and Automation, 2003. Proceedings. ICRA '03. IEEE International Conference on
  • ISSN
    1050-4729
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7736-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ROBOT.2003.1241684
  • Filename
    1241684