• Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.16-29
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• 2009

This paper investigates the kinematic and dynamic analysis of a spherical three degree of freedom parallel joint module, which is used in the exercise equipment for balance and leg-strength improvement of aged people. The joint module has three dyads which consist of two links and three revolute joints, and their all joints intersect at the global point located at the module's center. The paper shows the explicit mathematical procedure for deriving the closed form solutions in the inverse and forward position analysis of this parallel joint module. In velocity and acceleration analysis, we derived relations for joint velocities and accelerations of dyads and rotational velocity and acceleration of the top plate. For applying this module to rehabilitation exercise, we determined the dynamic model of the Korean males in their 50s and examined the model's results by dynamic model simulation.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.39 no.6
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• pp.561-566
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• 2015

In this paper, the operating stiffness of a parallel robot used to handle heavy packages is optimized. Because the studied model, called a "pick and place robot," is applied for packaging logistics, it is important for the robot to be lightweight so that it may respond rapidly and have high stiffness to allow sufficient operating precision. However, these two requirements of low weight and high stiffness are mutually exclusive. Thus, the dynamic characteristics of the robot are analyzed through multibody dynamics analysis, and topology optimization is conducted to achieve this exclusive performance. Lastly, the reliability of the topology optimization is verified by applying the optimized design to the parallel robot.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.10 no.6
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• pp.57-65
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• 2010

In this paper, mobility performance indices are proposed which may be used to estimate characteristics of output velocity space in six-degree-of-freedom parallel mechanism. In order for manipulability and condition number to not suffer from lack of the physical meaning due to dimensional inhomogeneity, output space is partitioned into translational velocity space and rotational velocity space, respectively. In each space, mobility ellipsoids corresponding to unit input space are defined and two types of mobility performance in translational velocity spaces indices are derived. Two types of mobility performance in rotational velocity spaces indices are derived.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.1944-1946
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• 2008

This paper analyzed orientation simulation of Stewart platform which is a parallel manipulator of 6-DOF. When platform shape had been given, inverse kinematics as the problem about length of actuator could get an answer using a vector function simply, and forward kinematics as the problem solving shape of platform through the length of actuator could get answer using repetitive and manual explaining Newton-Raphson method because it is expressed a high nonlinear polynomial expression. In addition, for control the Stewart platform it could drive simply and it could confirm the state of orientation in real-time.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.21 no.11
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• pp.99-109
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• 2004

This paper proposes precision evaluation method for the positioning error of three-DOF translational parallel mechanism. The proposed method uses conventional CMM as metrology equipment to measure the position of end-effector. In order to obtain accurate measurement data from CMM, the transform relationship between the coordinate system of the parallel mechanism and the CMM coordinate system must be identified. For this purpose, a new coordinate referencing (or coordinate system identification) technique is presented. By using this technique accurate coordinate transformation relationships are efficiently established. According to these coordinate transformation relationships, an equation to calculate error components at any arbitrary position of the end-effector is derived. In addition, mathematical fitting models to represent the position error components in the two-dimensional workspace of the parallel mechanism are also constructed based on response surface methodology. The proposed error evaluation method proves its effectiveness through the experimental results and its application to real three-DOF parallel mechanism.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.137-137
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• 2004

최근, 나노 위치결정 시스템이 우주항공, 광통신, 의학 등 많은 분야에서 사용되고 있다. 이러한 나노위치결정 시스템에 있어서 가장 중요한 것은 안정성이다 열팽창과 가공에 의한 오차를 줄이기 위해 단일재료를 사용하고 대칭구조로 구성해야만 한다. 또한 나노 스케일의 분해능을 가지기 위해서는 스틱 슬립(stick-slip) 마찰이나 백래쉬(backlash) 기구가 없어야만 가능하다. 이러한 조건들을 만족하기 위해서 선행 연구자들은 유연힌지(flexure hinge)를 사용한 컴플라이언스 기구(compliance mechanism)를 제안하였고 이미 마이크로/나노 위치결정 시스템에 대한 연구와 개발이 이루어졌다.(중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.525-529
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• 2004

A novel translational 3-dof parallel mechanism is proposed and analyzed. The mechanism consists of three RRPS serial subchains and an additional passive 3-dof type serial subchain. Three RRPS serial subchains alone may form a structure of the 6-DOF Stewart Platform mechanism. However, in the proposed mechanism, an additional passive serial subchain acts as constraints to restrict the output motion of the mechanism in 3-DOF translational space. The closed form position solutions of the proposed mechanism and its first-order kinematic model are derived. Then its workspace size and kinematic characteristics are examined via kinematic isotropic index.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.520-524
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• 2004

In this work, a novel spherical 3-dof parallel mechanism is proposed and analyzed. The mechanism consists of three RRPS serial subchains and an additional passive 3-dof type serial subchain. Three RRPS serial subchains alone may form a structure of 6-DOF Stewart Platform mechanism. However, in the proposed mechanism, an additional passive serial subchain acts as constraints to restrict the output motion of the mechanism within 3-DOF spherical space. The closed form solutions of position analysis of the proposed mechanism and its first-order kinematic model are derived. Then its workspace size and kinematic characteristics are examined via kinematic isotropic index.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.185-191
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• 2013

In this paper, the dynamics of a novel 2-DOF planar Translational Parallel Manipulator (TPM) is analyzed. The suggested TPM is made up of two PPa (Prismatic-planar Parallelogram) legs. Since all the linear actuators are mounted on the base, the proposed TPM can be applied for high speed positioning applications. The Lagrangian equations of the first type is employed to derive the inverse dynamic equations. It is shown that the analytical inverse dynamics equations match very well with ADAMS simulations. These analytical inverse dynamics equations will be used for the real-time computed torque control in the further work.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.22 no.8 s.173
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• pp.118-127
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• 2005

A spatial 3 degrees-of-freedom mechanism employing Stewart Platform structure is proposed: the mechanism maintains the 3- RRPS structure of Stewart Platform but has an additional passive PRR serial sub-chain at the center area of the mechanism in order to constrain the output motion of the mechanism within the output motion space of the added PRR serial subchain. The forward and reverse position analyses of the mechanism are performed. Then the mechanism having both the forward and the reverse closed-form solutions is suggested and its closed form solutions are derived. It is confirmed, through the kinematic analysis of those two proposed mechanisms via kinematic isotropic index, that both the proposed mechanisms have fairly good kinematic characteristics compared to the existing spatial 3-DOF mechanisms in literature.