Advances in Robot Kinematics 2018

Preface.- Theoretical Kinematics.- Kinematic interpretation of the Study quadric's ambient space, by Georg Nawratil.- Input-output Equation for Planar Four-bar Linkages, by John Hayes, Manfred Husty, Martin Pfurner.- Principal Kinematic Inequalities, by Gregory Chirikjian.- Displacement Varieties for Some PUP Linkages, by Jonathan Selig.- Computational Kinematics.- Accurate Computation of Quaternions from Rotation Matrices, by Soheil Sarabandi, Federico Thomas.- Redundancy Parametrization in Globally-Optimal Inverse Kinematics, by Enrico Ferrentino, Pasquale Chiacchio.- Solution for the Direct Kinematics Problem of the General Stewart-Gough Platform by Using Only Linear Actuators' Orientations, by Stefan Schulz, Arthur Seibel, Josef Schlattmann.- Novel Plücker Operators and a Dual Rodrigues Formula Applied to the IKP of General 3R Chains, by Bertold Bongardt.- Analytical determination of a sphere inside which the Stewart platform translates without suffering any link interference.- Anirban Nag, Sandipan Bandyopadhyay.- Higher-order relative kinematics of rigid body motions. A dual Lie algebra approach, by Daniel Condurache.- An Algorithm for Trajectory Generation in Redundant Manipulators with Joint Transmission Accommodation, by Bahram Ravani, Kristopher Wehage.- Evaluation of Dynamic Relaxation to Solve Kinematics of Concentric Tube Robots, by Quentin Peyron, Kanty Rabenorosoa, Nicolas Andreff, Pierre Renaud.- Iterative Method for the Inverse Kinematics of a 3-Limb Parallel Mechanism with 3-DOF Using a 6-Limb Mechanism with 6-DOF, by Xinghai Liang, Yukio Takeda.- Optimal Object Placement using a Virtual Axis, by Martin Georg Weiß.- The Forward Kinematics of Doubly-Planar Gough-Stewart Platforms and the Position Analysis of Strips of Tetrahedra, by Josep M Porta, Federico Thomas.- Six-bar Linkage Design System with a Parallelized Polynomial Homotopy Solver, by Jeffrey Glabe, John Michael McCarthy.- Algebraic Analysis of a 3-RUU Parallel Manipulator, by Thomas Stigger, Abhilash Nayak, Philippe Wenger, Stéphane Caro, Martin Pfurner, Manfred Husty.- Singularities.- Kinematic analysis of planar tensegrity 2-X manipulators, by Matthieu FURET, Philippe Wenger, Max Lettl.- Rotational Mobility Analysis of the 3-RFR Class of Spherical Parallel Robots, by David Corinaldi, Luca Carbonari, Matteo Palpacelli, Massimo Callegari.- Randomized Planning of Dynamic Motions Avoiding Forward Singularities, by Ricard Bordalba, Lluís Ros, Josep M Porta.- Analysis of Kinematic Singularities for a Serial Redundant Manipulator with 7 DOF, by Zijia Li, Mathias Brandstötter, Michael Hofbaur.- A Geometric Method of Singularity Avoidance for Kinematically Redundant Planar Parallel Robots, by Nicholas Baron, Andrew Philippides, Nicolas Rojas.- The 3-PPPS parallel robot with U-shape Base, a 6-DOF parallel robot with simple kinematics, by Damien Chablat, Luc Baron, Ranjan Jha, Luc Rolland.- On the singularities of a parallel robotic system used in elbow and wrist rehabilitation, by Iosif Birlescu, Bogdan Gherman, Calin Vaida, Doina Pisla, Nicolae PLITEA, Adrian PISLA, Giuseppe Carbone.- Kinematic constraint maps and C-space singularities for planar mechanisms with prismatic joints, by Seyedvahid Amirinezhad, Peter Donelan.- Transversality and its applications to kinematics, by Seyedvahid Amirinezhad, Peter Donelan, Andreas Mueller.- Control and Dynamics.- Lateral Stability of a 3-DOF Asymmetrical Spherical Parallel Manipulator with a Universal Joint Featuring Infinite Torsional Movement, by Guanglei Wu, Huiping Shen.- On the Use of Instant Centers to Build Dynamic Models of Single-dof Planar Mechanisms, by Raffaele Di-Gregorio, Guanglei Wu, Huiping Shen.- Normal forms of robotic systems with affine Pfaffian constraints: A case study, by Krzysztof Tchon, Joanna Ratajczak, Janusz Jakubiak.- Experimental Identification of Stress-Strain Material Models of UHMWPE Fiber Cables for Improving Cable Tension Control Strategies, by Philipp Tempel, Felix Trautwein,