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Parallel manipulators are very suitable for the realization of planar and spatial high-precision micro manipulations, especially with flexure hinges bringing many advantages. The goal is to investigate the possibility of flexure hinges being implemented into parallel manipulators. The characteristics of typical flexure hinges are compared at first. Orthogonal parallel manipulators with a regular spatial translation of the moving platform are assessed afterwards. For a dimensioned flexure hinge and a selected parallel manipulator, a flexure hinge-based parallel manipulator is monolithically designed and analysed.
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Ivanov, I., Corves, B. (2012). Flexure Hinge-Based Parallel Manipulators Enabling High-Precision Micro Manipulations. In: Ananthasuresh, G., Corves, B., Petuya, V. (eds) Micromechanics and Microactuators. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2721-2_6
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