...J. Michael McCarthy 06 11 2010 12 11 2010 04 05 2011 04 05 2011 cables (mechanical) control system analysis control system synthesis polynomials robot kinematics As we move into the second decade of the 21st century, we can identify three research trends...

... to the spatial RPRP closed linkage, for which one solution exists. control system synthesis couplings end effectors mobile robots Synthesis of parallel robots has focused mainly on type or structural synthesis, using group theory, screw theory, or geometric methods, see, for instance, Refs. 1 2...

... as an example, the opposite output displacement subsets are a rotational subgroup 8 I 1 = 3 H + 8 H ¯ = 4 H 23 08 2008 13 06 2009 17 09 2009 control system synthesis fractals manipulator kinematics mathematical analysis The structural synthesis...

.... This research was partially funded by the Department of Energy (DOE) with Grant No. DE-FG52-2004NA25591 under the University Research Program in Robotics (URPR). Their financial support is gratefully acknowledged. acceleration actuators control system synthesis manipulator kinematics When...

... . 10.1115/1.2056560 15 07 2008 11 06 2009 02 09 2009 compliance control control system synthesis motion control robot kinematics A compliant mechanism transmits motion and force through the deformation of its constituent elements. The benefits of such devices include...

... is approximately 0.650 N over the same range. 09 05 2008 15 01 2009 14 07 2009 actuators control system synthesis elastomers finite element analysis motion control robots Potential applications of the DE linear actuators in robotics and mechatronics vary from mini...

... into a design guideline as stated below. Graph showing internal and external power flows in a positive-ratio PFVA: ( a ) No futile power flow and ( b ) futile power-flow condition 03 01 2008 20 06 2008 05 08 2008 actuators control system synthesis design engineering gears...

... mechanism we have developed. Robot muscle structure and corresponding control nodes 24 03 2008 21 06 2008 29 07 2008 control system synthesis hospitals industrial robots patient care service robots socially assistive robot humanlike gestures and facial...