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This introductory chapter presents generalities about parallel robots. After a general description and the definition of several important terms that will be used in this book, we present a general overview of the different types of parallel robots. We classify them as a function of the type of motions of their platform. We also show that parallel robots are already used for different types of applications. At the end of this chapter, we explain the reasons why we think that a book on the dynamics of parallel robots is necessary.
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Throughout this book, when we mention the number and types of DOF of the PKM, we refer to the number and types of DOF of its mobile platform. The number of DOF of the mobile platform is denoted \(n_{dof}\) while the number of DOF of the entire robot is denoted \(N_{dof}\)
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Briot, S., Khalil, W. (2015). Generalities on Parallel Robots. In: Dynamics of Parallel Robots. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 35. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19788-3_1
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