Latest Advances in Robot Kinematics

Preface

The Dual Generalized Inverses and Their Applications in Kinematic Synthesis; Jorge Angeles

On the Twist Recovery Methodologies After Failure; Leila Notash

A Loop-Based Approach for Rigid Subchain Identification in General Mechanisms; Shuxian Xia, Huafeng Ding and Andres Kecskemethy

Self-Motions of Planar Projective Stewart Gough Platforms; G. Nawratil

Asymptotic Singularities of Planar Parallel 3-RPR Manipulators; Michel Coste

Classification of the Singularity Loci of m-n Fully-Parallel Manipulators; Raffaele Di Gregorio

Compensation of Compliance Errors in Parallel Manipulators Composed of Non-perfect Kinematic Chains; Alexandr Klimchik, Anatol Pashkevich, Damien Chablat and Geir Hovland

Motion Planning of the Multi-Bar System: The Imbalanced Jacobian Algorithm; Janusz Jakubiak, Krzysztof Tcho'n and Mariusz Janiak

Self-Calibration of Redundantly Actuated PKM Based on Motion
Reversal Points; Andreas Muller and Maurizio Ruggiu

Managing the Redundancy of N-1 Wire-Driven Parallel Robots; J-P. Merlet

Validation 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. Siciliano

On the Vertical Darboux Motion; Chung-Ching Lee and Jacques M. Hervé

Kinematic Analysis of a Planar Tensegrity Mechanism for Wave Energy Harvesting; Rafael E. Vasquez, Carl D. Crane III and Julio C. Correa

Motion Planning for Parallel Robots with Non-holonomic Joints; Krzysztof Tcho'n, Janusz Jakubiak, Patrick Grosch and Federico Thomas

Synthesis of a Family of Regular Deployable Polyhedral Mechanisms (DPMs); Guowu Wei and Jian S. Dai

Type Synthesis of Binary Actuated Parallel Mechanisms; D. Schütz, R.J. Ellwood, A. Raatz and J. Hesselbach

Biokinematic Study of Barn Owl Head Movements for the Development of a Bio-Inspired Active Vision Robotic System; Ouriel Barzilay, Yoram Gutfreund and Alon Wolf

Robotic Fish Kinectics Design Based on a Fuzzy Control; Pei-Jun Lee and Wen-June Wang

Persistent Screw Systems of Dimension Four; Marco Carricato

Simplified Voronoi Diagrams for Motion Planning of Quadratically-
Solvable Gough-Stewart Platforms; Rubèn Vaca, Joan Aranda and Federico Thomas

Dynamic Capabilities of a Parallel Robot Based Routing Machine; J. Corral, Ch. Pinto, F.J. Campa and O. Altuzarra

Kinematic Synthesis of Multi-Fingered Robotic Hands for Finite and
Infinitesimal Tasks; E. Simo-Serra, A. Perez-Gracia, H. Moon and N. Robson

Inverse Kinematics Solver for Android Faces with Elastic Skin; Emarc Magtanong, Akihiko Yamaguchi, Kentaro Takemura, Jun Takamatsu and Tsukasa Ogasawara

Decomposing Envelopes of Rational Hypersurfaces; Tino Schulz and Bert Jüttler

Influence of Pulley Kinematics on Cable-Driven Parallel Robots; Andreas Pott

Fast Approximate Implicitization of Envelope Curves Using Chebyshev Polynomials; Oliver J.D. Barrowclough, Bert Jüttler and Tino Schulz

Kinematics of an Overconstrained 6R Linkage with 2-Fold Rotational Symmetry; Ketao Zhang and Jian S. Dai

Construction of Overconstrained Linkages by Factorization of Rational Motions; Gábor Hegedüs, Josef Schicho and Hans-Peter Schröcker

Bond Theory and Closed 5R Linkages; Gábor Hegedüs, Josef Schicho and Hans-Peter Schröcker

Design and Control of a Redundant Suspended Cable-Driven Parallel Robot; Johann Lamaury, Marc Gouttefarde, Micaël Michelin and Olivier Tempier

Planning Singularity-Free Force-Feasible Paths on the Stewart Platform; Oriol Bohigas, Montserrat Manubens and Lluìs Ros

Orientation Capability of 3-RPSR Parallel Mechanism for Movable-Die Drive Mechanism of Pipe Bender; Yukio Takeda, Satoshi Inada, Daisuke Matsuura, Kazuya Hirose and Ken Ichiryu

Investigation of a Cable-Driven Parallel Mechanism for Interaction with a Variety of Surfaces