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High-order singularities of 5R planar parallel robots

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 September 2018

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Mustafa Özdemir*
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Marmara University, Göztepe Campus, Kadıköy, Istanbul 34722, Turkey
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*Corresponding author: E-mail: mustafa.ozdemir@marmara.edu.tr
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Singularity analysis of parallel manipulators is an active research field in robotics. The present article derives for the first time in the literature a condition under which a five-bar parallel robot encounters high-order parallel singularities. In this regard, by focusing on the planar 5R mechanism, a theorem is given in terms of the slope of its coupler curve at the parallel singular configurations. At high-order parallel singularities, the associated determinant vanishes simultaneously with at least its first-order time derivative. The determination of such singularities is quite important since in their presence, some special conditions should be satisfied for bounded inverse dynamic solutions.

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Parallel manipulatorsPlanar 5R mechanismRobot dynamicsSingularitySingularity order

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Robotica , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , February 2019, pp. 233 - 245
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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