Download or read book Type Synthesis of Parallel Mechanisms written by Xianwen Kong and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-10-28 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique monograph focuses on the systematic type synthesis of parallel mechanisms (PMs), a key issue in the creative design of a wide variety of innovative devices such as parallel manipulators, motion simulators, and haptic devices. Essential reading for researchers, developers, engineers and graduate students with interests in robotics, this book covers the classification of PMs as well as providing a large number of PMs ready to be used in practical applications.