Position Control of a 3-CPU Spherical Parallel Manipulator

The paper presents the first experimental results on the control of a prototypal robot designed for the orientation of parts or tools. The innovative machine is a spherical parallel manipulator actuated by 3 linear motors; several position control schemes have been tested and compared with the final...

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Main Authors: Massimo Callegari, Luca Carbonari, Giacomo Palmieri, Matteo-Claudio Palpacelli, Donatello Tina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Control Science and Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/136841