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TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />

LIST OF FIGURES ……………………………………………………………………....... vi<br />

LIST OF TABLES ………………...………………………………………………...…...... vii<br />

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ 1<br />

1.1 Characteristics <strong>of</strong> Serial <strong>and</strong> Parallel Manipulators ..................................................... 4<br />

1.2 Physical Comparison Between Serial <strong>and</strong> Parallel Manipulators ................................. 5<br />

1.3 Comparison <strong>of</strong> Design Process Between Serial <strong>and</strong> Parallel Manipulators .................. 5<br />

1.4 Singular Configurations <strong>of</strong> Parallel Manipulators ........................................................ 6<br />

1.4.1 Singularity <strong>of</strong> First Kind ............................................................................................ 7<br />

1.4.2 Singularity <strong>of</strong> Second Kind ........................................................................................ 7<br />

1.4.1 Combined Singularities .............................................................................................. 8<br />

Chapter 2 SCREW KINEMATICS .............................................................................. 9<br />

2.1 Definition <strong>of</strong> a Unit Screw in Space .............................................................................. 9<br />

2.2 Equation <strong>of</strong> a Unit Screw in Space ................................................................................ 10<br />

2.3 <strong>Kinematic</strong>s <strong>of</strong> Two Unit Screws in Space ..................................................................... 13<br />

2.4 <strong>Kinematic</strong>s <strong>of</strong> Three Unit Screws in Space ................................................................... 15<br />

2.5 <strong>Kinematic</strong>s <strong>of</strong> Three Recursive Screws in Space .......................................................... 20<br />

Chapter 3 STRUCTURAL SYNTHESIS OF PARALLEL MANIPULATORS ......... 24<br />

3.1 Structural Formula ......................................................................................................... 25<br />

3.2 Structural Synthesis <strong>of</strong> Parallel Manipulators ............................................................... 27<br />

3.3 Geometrical Structural Synthesis <strong>of</strong> Parallel Manipulators ........................................... 31<br />

3.3.1 Generating Set <strong>of</strong> Main Branches <strong>of</strong> Platforms <strong>and</strong> Structural Groups ....................... 31<br />

3.3.2 Linking Structural Groups to the Vacant Branches ..................................................... 31<br />

3.3.3 Modular Parallel Manipulators .................................................................................... 32<br />

3.4 <strong>Kinematic</strong> Structural Synthesis <strong>of</strong> Parallel Manipulators ............................................... 33<br />

3.4.1 Describing the Construction Parameters ...................................................................... 33<br />

3.4.2 Identifying Redundant Constraints ............................................................................. 33<br />

3.4.3 Rearranging Branch Configurations ............................................................................ 34<br />

3.5 Computer Aided Structural Synthesis ............................................................................ 35<br />

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