Xianwen Kong

TL;DR: This unique monograph focuses on the systematic type synthesis of parallel mechanisms (PMs), which is a key issue in the creative design of a wide variety of innovative devices based on PMs such as parallel manipulators, parallel kinematic machines, motion simulators, haptic devices, micro-manipulators, and nano- manipulators.

TL;DR: In this paper, the type synthesis of a spherical parallel kinematic chain (SPKC) and its legs are analyzed. And the number of over-constraints of each SPKC is also given.

TL;DR: A method is proposed for the type synthesis of 3T1R-PMs based on screw theory and the phenomenon of dependent joint groups in a 3T 1R-PKC is revealed for the first time.

TL;DR: In this article, a method for the type synthesis of 3-DOF translational parallel manipulators (TPMs) based on screw theory is proposed, and the full-cycle mobility conditions for legs for TPKCs are derived based on the screw theory and the displacement analysis of serial kinematic chains undergoing small joint motions.

TL;DR: A new three-degrees-of-freedom (3-DOF) translational parallel manipulator (TPM) with linear actuators, i.e., 3-CRR TPM, is first proposed and shows that it has the following kinematic merits over previous TPMs.