RT Conference Proceedings T1 On the design of mobile parallel robots for large workspace applications A1 Yang, Hai A1 Krut, Sébastien A1 Pierrot, François A1 Baradat, Cédric AB In this paper, several considerations for designing industry oriented robots which combine the mobility of legged robots and advantages of parallel mechanisms are outlined. For designing such optimized robots in terms of simplicity and performance, a topology study is done based on the mobility analysis. Applying some design constraints, potential topologies of such robots are identified. One architecture is chosen for designing a tripod robot. Both inverse and forward kinematic problems of this robot are derived in order to simulate its gait motion. The analysis and simulations show that: integrating some clamping devices and some lockable passive joints, six actuators are enough to build a legged manipulator which can not only perform 6-axis machining but can also walk on a curved supporting media. SN 9780791854839 YR 2011 FD 2011 LK https://hdl.handle.net/11556/1823 UL https://hdl.handle.net/11556/1823 LA eng NO Yang , H , Krut , S , Pierrot , F & Baradat , C 2011 , On the design of mobile parallel robots for large workspace applications . in ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2011 . PARTS A AND B edn , Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference , no. PARTS A AND B , vol. 6 , pp. 767-776 , ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2011 , Washington, DC , United States , 28/08/11 . https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2011-48101 NO conference DS TECNALIA Publications RD 28 jul 2024