This paper addresses geometry design of a new kind of 2-DOF parallel manipulator actuated horizontally by linear actua- tors. The first step of the optimum design involves developing a non-dimensional structure of the...This paper addresses geometry design of a new kind of 2-DOF parallel manipulator actuated horizontally by linear actua- tors. The first step of the optimum design involves developing a non-dimensional structure of the planar 2-DOF parallel manipulator. The global conditioning index, global velocity index, global stiffness index and global payload index of the 2-DOF parallel manipu- lators are investigated, and the geometrical parameters without dimension are determined with respect to the specification on per- formances. Finally, based on the optimum non-dimensional result, the optimum dimensional parameters are achieved which is suit- able for the desired workspace. The optimum methodology of this paper is convenient and can be extended to other parallel mecha-展开更多
文摘This paper addresses geometry design of a new kind of 2-DOF parallel manipulator actuated horizontally by linear actua- tors. The first step of the optimum design involves developing a non-dimensional structure of the planar 2-DOF parallel manipulator. The global conditioning index, global velocity index, global stiffness index and global payload index of the 2-DOF parallel manipu- lators are investigated, and the geometrical parameters without dimension are determined with respect to the specification on per- formances. Finally, based on the optimum non-dimensional result, the optimum dimensional parameters are achieved which is suit- able for the desired workspace. The optimum methodology of this paper is convenient and can be extended to other parallel mecha-