Langbeschreibung
Cable-driven parallel robots are a new kind of lightweight manipulators with excellent scalability in terms of size, payload, and dynamics capacities. For the first time, a comprehensive compendium is presented of the field of cable-driven parallel robots. A thorough theory of cable robots is setup leading the reader from first principles to the latest results in research.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction.- Classification and Architecture.- Geometric and Static Foundations.- Kinematic Codes.- Workspace.- Dynamics.- Kinematics with Nonstandard Cable Models.- Design.- Practice.