Structural synthesis of parallel robots. Part 3: Topologies with planar motion of the moving platform (Q1958416)

[For parts 1,2 see Zbl 1156.70001, Zbl 1168.70001.] This book is organized in 8 chapters. The first chapter presents the main concepts, some new formulae used to calculate the structural parameters of parallel manipulators, and an original approach to structural synthesis of parallel robots with planar motion of the platform. Chapters 2 and 3 describe the structural synthesis of overconstrained and non-overconstrained planar parallel robots with coupled motions, including both fully-parallel and non fully-parallel solutions. The structural synthesis of overconstrained and non-overconstrained planar parallel robots with uncoupled motions is presented in Chapter 4. Chapter 5 focuses on the structural synthesis of overconstrained and non-overconstrained maximally regular planar parallel robots. Chapters 6 and 7 derive solutions for spatial parallel robots with coupled and uncoupled planar motions of the platform. Finally, Chapter 8 presents the structural synthesis of maximally regular spatial parallel robots with planar motion of the platform. About 750 solutions are illustrated by 400 figures, and the structural parameters of these solutions are systematized in 150 tables.