Abstract: The paper addresses the position analysis of the 7-link Assur kinematic chain that features three binary links and four serially-connected ternary links. The analysis, aimed at finding all ...

Abstract: The paper presents an original analytic procedure for unambiguously determining the relative position and orientation (location) of two rigid bodies based on the readings from seven linear ...

Abstract: This paper presents the direct position analysis of the fully-parallel mechanism that features six connection points on the base and four on the platform. The shape of both base and platform ...

Abstract: This paper presents a new method for the dimensional synthesis of the spatial guidance linkage that features the guided body connected to the base by the interposition of five rods having ...

Abstract: The paper proposes a new approach to the efficiency evaluation of any one- or multi-degree-of-freedom gear trains. The suggested approach generalizes the known procedures developed for ...

Abstract: Among the several ways adopted for the characterization of manipulator performances is identification of the typologies of maneuvers allowed by the manipulator kinematic arrangement. The multiplicity ...

Abstract: The paper presents the closed form direct displacement analysis for a class of Stewart platform-type parallel mechanisms whose general feature consists of six legs which meet five distinct points ...

Abstract: A new numerical method for the solution of the direct position analysis of the six d.o.f. fully parallel mechanism with general geometry, often referred to as generalized Stewart platform ...

Abstract: The forward displacement analysis (FDA) in closed form of two classes of new parallel mechanisms derived from the Stewart Platform Mechanism (SPM) is presented in this paper. These mechanisms, ...