Title : 
Study on Kinematics Decoupling for Parallel Manipulator with Perpendicular Structures
         
        
            Author : 
Zhang, Jianjun ; Li, Weimin ; Wang, Xiaohui ; Gao, Feng
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Sch. of Mech. Eng., Hefei Univ. of Technol., Tianjin
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Kinematics decoupling characteristics (KDCs) for parallel manipulators simplify the kinematics models, and make them easier in calibration and control. This paper focuses on KDCs for parallel manipulators which are described in detail. The relationship between input and output of a system with KDCs is discussed and the characteristics of its transfer matrix are educed. Then, the kinematics of two parallel manipulators, a 6-PSS parallel micro-manipulator with perpendicular structures (PMMWPS) and a 6-PP+S parallel manipulator with perpendicular structures (PMWPS), is analyzed. Also, the kinematics models are obtained. In the course of the analysis, conditional decoupling is defined. The results show that the two proposed PMWPSs have KDCs. The KDCs for PMWPSs would offer a new idea in the area of parallel manipulators
         
        
            Keywords : 
manipulator kinematics; 6-PP+S parallel manipulator; 6-PSS parallel micromanipulator; kinematics decoupling characteristics; parallel manipulator; perpendicular structures; Acceleration; Aerospace simulation; Calibration; Intelligent robots; Kinematics; Manipulator dynamics; Mathematics; Mechanical engineering; Tires; Wrist; 6-PP+S PMWPS; 6-PSS PMMWPS; Kinematics decoupling characteristics (KDCs); Parallel manipulator with perpendicular structures (PMWPS);
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Beijing
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
1-4244-0259-X
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
1-4244-0259-X
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/IROS.2006.282624