What is it about?

Shows how to mechanically constrain a spherical three link robot to guide its end-effector through a desired movement. The result is a mechanical device that provides the movement without computer control.

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Why is it important?

It shows how to obtain complicated movement by computer aided design of simple devices.

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This page is a summary of: Parametric Design of a Spherical Eight-Bar Linkage Based on a Spherical Parallel Manipulator, Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, January 2009, ASME International,
DOI: 10.1115/1.2959093.
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