Advances in Robot Kinematics Analysis and Design [Paperback]

This book presents the most recent research advances in the theory, design, control and application of robotic systems, which are intended for a variety of purposes such as manipulation, manufacturing, automation, surgery, locomotion and biomechanics.

Preface; SINGULARITY ANALYSIS OF PARALLEL MANIPULATORS; A New Assessment of Singularities of Parallel Kinematic Chains , by Michele Conconi and Marco Carricato; Singularity Analysis through Static Analysis , by J. Hubert and J.-P. Merlet; Constraint Singularities and the Structural Parameters of Parallel Robots , by Grigore Gogu; Forward Kinematics and Singularity Analysis of a 3-RPR Planar Parallel Manipulator , by Xianwen Kong; Geometric Algebra Approach to Singularity of Parallel Manipulators with Limited Mobility , by Tanio K. Tanev; SinguLab  A Graphical User Interface for the Singularity Analysis of Parallel Robots Based on GrassmannCayley Algebra , by Patricia Ben-Horin, Moshe Shoham, St?phane Caro, Damien Chablat and Philippe Wenger; Singularity Analysis of Limited-DOF Parallel Manipulators Using GrassmannCayley Algebra , by Daniel Kanaan, Philippe Wenger and Damien Chablat; DESIGN OF ROBOTS AND MECHANISMS; On the Design of Fully Constrained Parallel Cable-Driven Robots , by M. Gouttefarde, S. Krut, O. Company, F. Pierot and N. Ramdani; Synthesis of Part Orienting Devices for Spatial Assembly Tasks , by P. Larochelle; Minimum EnergyManipulator Design , by A. Rojas Salgado and Y. Ledezman Rubio; Synthesis and Analysis of a Constrained Spherical Parallel Manipulator , by G.S. Soh and J.M. McCarthy; A Nonholonomic 3-DOF Parallel Robot , by Patricia Ben-Horin and Federico Thomas; 4DOF Parallel Architecture for Laparoscopic Surgery , by Mohammad Aamir Khan, Matteo Zoppi and Rezio Molfino; Flapping-Wing Mechanism for a Bird-Sized UAVs: Design, Modeling and Control , by Ch. Grand, P. Martinelli, J.-B. Mouret and S. Doncieux; Extended Jacobian Inverse Kinematics and Approximation of Distributions ,l3c