Latest Advances in Robot Kinematics (eBook)

Preface The Dual Generalized Inverses and Their Applications in Kinematic Synthesis; Jorge AngelesOn the Twist Recovery Methodologies After Failure; Leila NotashA Loop-Based Approach for Rigid Subchain Identification in General Mechanisms; Shuxian Xia, Huafeng Ding and Andres KecskemethySelf-Motions of Planar Projective Stewart Gough Platforms; G. NawratilAsymptotic Singularities of Planar Parallel 3-RPR Manipulators; Michel CosteClassification of the Singularity Loci of m-n Fully-Parallel Manipulators; Raffaele Di GregorioCompensation of Compliance Errors in Parallel Manipulators Composed of Non-perfect Kinematic Chains; Alexandr Klimchik, Anatol Pashkevich, Damien Chablat and Geir HovlandMotion Planning of the Multi-Bar System: The Imbalanced Jacobian Algorithm; Janusz Jakubiak, Krzysztof Tcho'n and Mariusz JaniakSelf-Calibration of Redundantly Actuated PKM Based on MotionReversal Points; Andreas Muller and Maurizio RuggiuManaging the Redundancy of N-1 Wire-Driven Parallel Robots; J-P. MerletValidation of a Power Grasping Algorithm for an Anthropomorphic Robotic Hand on the Basis of Human Grasping Action; F. Cordella, L. Zollo, A. Salerno, E. Guglielmelli and B. SicilianoOn the Vertical Darboux Motion; Chung-Ching Lee and Jacques M. HervéKinematic Analysis of a Planar Tensegrity Mechanism for Wave Energy Harvesting; Rafael E. Vasquez, Carl D. Crane III and Julio C. CorreaMotion Planning for Parallel Robots with Non-holonomic Joints; Krzysztof Tcho'n, Janusz Jakubiak, Patrick Grosch and Federico ThomasSynthesis of a Family of Regular Deployable Polyhedral Mechanisms (DPMs); Guowu Wei and Jian S. DaiType Synthesis of Binary Actuated Parallel Mechanisms; D. Schütz, R.J. Ellwood, A. Raatz and J. HesselbachBiokinematic Study of Barn Owl Head Movements for the Development of a Bio-Inspired Active Vision Robotic System; Ouriel Barzilay, Yoram Gutfreund and Alon WolfRobotic Fish Kinectics Design Based on a Fuzzy Control; Pei-Jun Lee and Wen-June WangPersistent Screw Systems of Dimension Four; Marco CarricatoSimplified Voronoi Diagrams for Motion Planning of Quadratically-Solvable Gough-Stewart Platforms; Rubèn Vaca, Joan Aranda and Federico ThomasDynamic Capabilities of a Parallel Robot Based Routing Machine; J. Corral, Ch. Pinto, F.J. Campa and O. AltuzarraKinematic Synthesis of Multi-Fingered Robotic Hands for Finite and Infinitesimal Tasks; E. Simo-Serra, A. Perez-Gracia, H. Moon and N. RobsonInverse Kinematics Solver for Android Faces with Elastic Skin; Emarc Magtanong, Akihiko Yamaguchi, Kentaro Takemura, Jun Takamatsu and Tsukasa OgasawaraDecomposing Envelopes of Rational Hypersurfaces; Tino Schulz and Bert JüttlerInfluence of Pulley Kinematics on Cable-Driven Parallel Robots;  Andreas PottFast Approximate Implicitization of Envelope Curves Using Chebyshev Polynomials; Oliver J.D. Barrowclough, Bert Jüttler and Tino SchulzKinematics of an Overconstrained 6R Linkage with 2-Fold Rotational Symmetry; Ketao Zhang and Jian S. DaiConstruction of Overconstrained Linkages by Factorization of Rational Motions; Gábor Hegedüs, Josef Schicho and Hans-Peter SchröckerBond Theory and Closed 5R Linkages; Gábor Hegedüs, Josef Schicho and Hans-Peter SchröckerDesign and Control of a Redundant Suspended Cable-Driven Parallel Robot;  Johann Lamaury, Marc Gouttefarde, Micaël Michelin and Olivier TempierPlanning Singularity-Free Force-Feasible Paths on the Stewart Platform;  Oriol Bohigas, Montserrat Manubens and Lluìs RosOrientation Capability of 3-RPSR Parallel Mechanism for Movable-Die Drive Mechanism of Pipe Bender; Yukio Takeda, Satoshi Inada, Daisuke Matsuura, Kazuya Hirose and Ken IchiryuInvestigation of a Cable-Driven Parallel Mechanism for Interaction with a Variety of Surfaces, Applied to the Cleaning of Free-Form Buildings; K.H.J. Vos, V. van der Wijk and J.L. HerderAuto Calibration Method for Cable-Driven Parallel Robots Using Force Sensors; Philipp Miermeister and Andreas PottProtein Folding Pathways Implementing Dihedral Angle Variable Speed; Mikel Diez, Victor Petuya, Monica Urizar and Alfonso HernandezSufficient Conditions for the Mobility of Overconstrained Mechanisms; René Bartkowiak and Christoph WoernleSome Rigid-Body Constraint Varieties Generated by Linkages; J.M. SeligConstraint-Consistent Analysis of Muscle Force Contributions to Human Gait; Emel Demircan and Oussama KhatibInherently Balanced 4R Four-Bar Based Linkages; V. van der Wijk and J.L. HerderIntegrated Type and Dimensional Synthesis of Planar Four-Bar Mechanisms; Tim J. Luu and M. John D. HayesPositional Workspace Boundary for Serial Manipulators with Revolute Joints; Ciprian S. Borcea and Ileana StreinuKinematics Analysis of a Parallel Surgical Robot; A. Szilaghyi, A. Stoica, D. Pisla, C. Vaida and N. PliteaConstraint Singularity-Free Design of the IRSBot-2; Coralie Germain, Sebastien Briot, Stèphane Caro and Philippe WengerHuman Muscle Fatigue Model in Dynamic Motions; Ruina Ma, Damien Chablat, Fouad Bennis and Liang MaSolution Regions in the Parameter Space of a 3-RRR Decoupled Robot for a Prescribed Workspace; D. Chablat, G. Moroz, V. Arakelian, S. Briot and P. WengerInverse Geometrico-Static Analysis of Under-Constrained Cable-Driven Parallel Robots with Four Cables; Marco Carricato, Ghasem Abbasnejad and Dominic WalterThe Kinematotropic 3-CPU Parallel Robot: Analysis of Mobility and Reconfigurability Aspects; Luca Carbonari and Massimo CallegariA Planar Compliant Mechanism with RRP Mobilities Based on the Singularity Analysis of a 3-US Parallel Mechanism; Lennart Rubbert, Stèphane Caro, Pierre Renaud and Jacques GangloffVelocity Level Kinematic Analysis of Serial nA-Chains; James D. Robinson and M. John D. HayesSingular Manifold of the General Hexagonal Stewart Platform Manipulator; Viswanath Shanker and Sandipan BandyopadhyayTrajectory Planning for Systems with Homotopy Class Constraints; Soonkyum Kim, Koushil Sreenath, Subhrajit Bhattacharya and Vijay KumarDynamics of the Upper Limb with a Detailed Model for the Shoulder; Jorge Ambrosio, Carlos Quental, João Folgado and Jacinto MonteiroInverse Kinematics for the Control of Hyper-Redundant Binary Mechanisms with Application to Solar Concentrator Mirrors; Amy M. Bilton and Steven DubowskyMobile Robot Motion Primitives That Take into Account the Cost of Control; Sohee Lee and Frank Chongwoo ParkSynthesis of Spatial CC Dyads and 4C Mechanism for Pick & Place Tasks with Guiding Locations; P. LarochelleOn the Role of Passive Structures in the Knee Loaded Motion; Nicola Sancisi and Vincenzo Parenti-CastelliAuthor Index  Subject Index