On Advances in Robot Kinematics

In the last decade, we have seen an extraordinary progress in the the­ ory and applications of robot kinematics. This has been motivated espe­ cially by the development of complex parallel and humanoid robots. The present book reports the most recent research advances in the theory, design, control...

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Other Authors: Lenarčič, Jadran (Editor), Galletti, C. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2004, 2004
Edition:1st ed. 2004
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Methods in Kinematics
  • A fast and accurate method for the singular value decomposition of 3×3 matrices
  • SVD and PD based projection metrics on SE(n)
  • Choice of independent coordinates in modular kinematics
  • Distance constraints solved geometrically
  • Kinematic mapping application to approximate type and dimension synthesis of planar mechanisms
  • On the ruled surface generated by a linear combination screw
  • Lie-group first-order operations in rigid-body kinematics
  • First-order intrinsic properties of the rotation parameters SO(3), quaternion and rotation vector
  • Properties of Mechanisms
  • Time-invariant properties of planar motions
  • Projective properties of parallel manipulators
  • Screw spaces and connectivities in multiloop linkages
  • Kinematics equations of a class of 4DOF parallel wrists
  • Kinematic structure of a parallel robot for MEMS fabrication
  • Isolating self-motion manifolds on a playstation™
  • Design of a hybrid manipulator for painting highway signage
  • An optimal kinematic design for a highly dextrous MIS instrument
  • Achievable Cartesian stiffness with passively compliant, uncoupled joints
  • Motion Synthesis and Mobility
  • Movement primitives and principal component analysis
  • Parallel mechanisms with pseudo-planar motion generators
  • Multi-agent manipulator control and moving obstacle avoidance
  • Kinematics of a parallel mechanism for the generation of spherical motions
  • Control of a maneuvering mobile robot by transverse functions
  • Acceleration-driven kinematics of mobile manipulators: An endogenous configuration space approach
  • Dynamic dexterity and isotropy of mobile robots: An endogenous configuration space approach
  • Author Index
  • Mobility of spatial multi-loop and mixed linkages
  • Humanoids and Biomedical Applications
  • Human-like motion from physiologically-based potential energies
  • Role of biarticular muscles in human jump
  • Human hand movement kinematics and kinesthesia
  • Kinematic synthesis of avatar skeletons from visual data
  • Kinematics and modelling of a system for robotic surgery
  • Manipulability and accuracy measures for a medical robot in minimally invasive surgery
  • Helix-Helix packing in proteins: The kinematics of interacting line segments
  • Workspace and Isotropy
  • Analysis of the influence of wires interference on the workspace of wire robots
  • Workspace classification of 3R orthogonal manipulators
  • Workspace classification of Stewart-Gough manipulators with planar base and platform
  • The Orthoglide: Kinematics and workspace analysis
  • A Cartesian representation forthe boundary workspace of 3R manipulators
  • Kinematic isotropy and dynamic performances in translational parallel manipulators
  • Fully-isotropic T3R1-type parallel manipulators
  • Analysis of Mechanisms
  • The singular planes of the articulated arm subassembly
  • Inverse kinematics with fuzzy redundancy resolution for a fire fighting robot
  • A force based approach to error analysis of parallel kinematic mechanisms
  • Analysis and optimization of a planar tendon-driven parallel manipulator
  • Closed-form equilibrium analysis of a planar tensegrity structure
  • Singularities and mobility of a class of 4-DOF mechanisms
  • Kinematics and dynamics of a 6-RUS Hunt-type parallel manipulator by using natural coordinates
  • Design of Mechanisms
  • The robust design of Schönflies-motion generators
  • Polyhedral Zig-Zag linkages
  • Variational motion design
  • New parallel wrists: Special limbs with motion dependency
  • The design of a novel pitch-roll wrist with spherical cam-roller pairs