Computational Kinematics: Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Computational Kinematics (CK2013) [Paperback]

Computational kinematics is an enthralling area of science with a rich spectrum of problems at the junction of mechanics, robotics, computer science, mathematics, and computer graphics. The covered topics include design and optimization of cable-driven robots, analysis of parallel manipulators, motion planning, numerical methods for mechanism calibration and optimization, geometric approaches to mechanism analysis and design, synthesis of mechanisms, kinematical issues in biomechanics, construction of novel mechanical devices, as well as detection and treatment of singularities.

The results should be of interest for practicing and research engineers as well as Ph.D. students from the fields of mechanical and electrical engineering, computer science, and computer graphics.

On the Minimum 2-Norm Positive Tension for Wire-Actuated Parallel Manipulators, by L. Notash.- Further Analysis of the 2-2Wire-driven Parallel Crane, by J-P. Merlet.- Some Rational Vehicle Motions, by J. M. Selig.- Topological Representation and Operation of Motion Space Exchange Reconfiguration of Metamorphic Mechanisms, by S. Li, H. Wang, J. Dai, X. Li, Z. Ren and S. Xiu.- Classification of Singularities in Kinematics of Mechanisms, by S. Piipponen, T. Arponen and J. Tuomela.- Non-existence of Planar Projective Stewart Gough Platforms with Elliptic Self-motions (Dedicated to Prof. H. Stachel on the occasion of his 70^th birthday), by G. Nawratil.- Direct Geometrico-Static Problem of Underconstrained Cable-Driven Parallel Robots with 5 Cables, by C. Abbasnejad and M. Carricato.- Uniform and Efficient Exploration of State Space using Kinodynamic Sampling-based Planners, by R. Motwani, M. Motwani and F. C. Harris Jr..- Shape Modeling of Continuous-Curvature Continuum Robots, by S. Bai.- Dimensional Synthesis of a Spatial Orientation 3-DoF Parallel Manipulator by Characterizing the Configuration Space, by M. Ur?zal3%