Abstract: A quasi-Newton optimization routine and Grashof criteria for geared five-bar mechanisms are used to develop a Grashof five-bar mechanism synthesis routine. Sequential transformations mapping Grashof ...

Abstract: A new method for obtaining the force and moment workspaces of spatial parallel manipulators (PMs) is presented. Force and moment workspaces are regions within which a manipulator can sustain/apply ...

Abstract: This paper introduces a study on the kinetostatic conditioning of two-limb Schönflies motion generators. These are robots capable of producing the motions undergone by the end-effector of ...

Abstract: A new explicit methodology for the determination of the force-moment capabilities of nonredundantly and redundantly actuated planar parallel manipulators (PPMs) is presented. This methodology is ...