Table of contents : Front Matter....Pages i-xi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Calibration and Validation of a Rigid Body Kinematic Model of Flexure Hinges....Pages 3-10 Dynamic Jacobian Inverses of Mobile Manipulator Kinematics....Pages 11-21 A Robust Forward Kinematics Analysis of 3-R P R Planar Platforms....Pages 23-32 Hierarchical Decomposition and Kinematic Abstraction with Virtual Articulations....Pages 33-43 Researching into Non-Singular Transitions in the Joint Space....Pages 45-52 MARIONET, A Family of Modular Wire-Driven Parallel Robots....Pages 53-61 Using Cosserat Point Theory for Estimating Kinematics and Soft-Tissue Deformation During Gait Analysis....Pages 63-70 Front Matter....Pages 72-72 Mechanical Generators of 2-DoF Translation along a Ruled Surface....Pages 73-80 Worm-Like Robotic Locomotion in Flexible Environment....Pages 81-89 Actuation Strategy Based on the Acceleration Model for the 3- P R P R Redundant Planar Parallel Manipulator....Pages 91-98 Kinematics and Design of a 5-DOF Parallel Robot Used in Minimally Invasive Surgery....Pages 99-106 Main Theorem on Schönflies-Singular Planar Stewart Gough Platforms....Pages 107-116 A Novel Actuation Module for Wearable Robots....Pages 117-125 Parallel Robot with Antagonistic Dielectric Elastomer Actuation for Human-Machine Interaction....Pages 127-136 Using Redundancy in Serial Planar Mechanisms to Improve Output-Space Tracking Accuracy....Pages 137-144 Front Matter....Pages 146-146 Combining Structural and Kinematic Analysis Using Interval Analysis for a Wire-Driven Manipulator....Pages 147-156 Multiple-Point Kinematic Control of a Humanoid Robot....Pages 157-168 Optimum Design of a Pan-Tilt Drive for Parallel Robots....Pages 169-176 LQP-Based Controller Design for Humanoid Whole-Body Motion....Pages 177-184 Persistent Screw Systems....Pages 185-194 Front Matter....Pages 146-146 Localisation of the Instantaneous Axis of Rotation in Human Joints....Pages 195-202 A Kinematic Observation and Conjecture for Creating Stable Constructs of a Peptide Nanoparticle....Pages 203-210 Forward Kinematic Problem of 5- P RUR Parallel Mechanisms Using Study Parameters....Pages 211-221 Front Matter....Pages 224-224 The Development of a Reconfigurable Parallel Robot with Binary Actuators....Pages 225-232 On the Design of 5R Serial Manipulators with Isotropic Positioning....Pages 233-240 A Virtual Mechanism Enhanced Approach for Object Tracking with Humanoid Robot Head....Pages 241-250 Tangent Space RRT with Lazy Projection: An Efficient Planning Algorithm for Constrained Motions....Pages 251-260 Front Matter....Pages 262-262 Equilibrium Analysis of Tensegrity Structures with Elastic Ties....Pages 263-272 Singularity Analysis of Lower-Mobility Parallel Robots with an Articulated Nacelle....Pages 273-282 Human Motion Reconstruction and Synthesis of Human Skills....Pages 283-292 Overconstrained Mechanisms with Radially Reciprocating Motion....Pages 293-300 Control of Bipedal Turning While Running....Pages 301-308 Geometrico-Static Analysis of Under-Constrained Cable-Driven Parallel Robots....Pages 309-319 The Inverse Kinematics of 3-D Towing....Pages 321-328 A Complete Method for Workspace Boundary Determination....Pages 329-338 Front Matter....Pages 340-340 Inverse Kinematics of Humanoid-Robot Reaching through Human Visuo-Motor Learning....Pages 341-348 Automated Fitting of an Elastokinematic Surrogate Mechanism for Forearm Motion from MRI Measurements....Pages 349-358 Self-Motions of 6–3 Stewart–Gough Type Parallel Manipulators....Pages 359-366 Constraint Compliant Control for a Redundant Manipulator in a Cluttered Environment....Pages 367-376 Geometric Interpolation by Quartic Rational Spline Motions....Pages 377-384 Front Matter....Pages 340-340 Position Level Kinematics of the Atlas Motion Platform....Pages 385-392 An Optimum Path Planning for LARM Clutched Arm....Pages 393-400 A Simple Kinematic Model of a Human Body for Virtual Environments....Pages 401-408 Front Matter....Pages 410-410 On the Development of Low Mass Shaking Force Balanced Manipulators....Pages 411-420 Singularity-Invariant Leg Rearrangements in Stewart–Gough Platforms....Pages 421-428 Geometric Kinematics of Rigid Bodies with Point Contact....Pages 429-436 Singularity Locus of 6–4 Fully-Parallel Manipulators....Pages 437-445 The Pre-Stereographic Model of the General Three-System of Screws....Pages 447-454 Difficulty of Kinematic Synthesis of Usable Constrained Planar 6R Robots....Pages 455-463 Stiffness Analysis of Parallel Manipulators with Preloaded Passive Joints....Pages 465-474 Characterization of Parallel Manipulator Available Wrench Set Facets....Pages 475-482 Front Matter....Pages 484-484 Constraint-Screw System Based Synthesis of Limb Arrangement of the 3- PUP Parallel Mechanism....Pages 485-492 On Structural Properties of Sets of Finite Displacement Screws....Pages 493-500 An Autonomous and Safe Homing Strategy for Parallel Kinematic Five-Bar Manipulators....Pages 501-508 Singularities of Regional Manipulators Revisited....Pages 509-519 Robot-Based HiL Test of Joint Endoprostheses....Pages 521-528 An Algorithm for Real-Time Forward Kinematics of Cable-Driven Parallel Robots....Pages 529-538 Numerical Synthesis of Overconstrained Mechanisms Based on Screw Theory....Pages 539-546 Back Matter....Pages 547-551