An Incremental Method for Forward Kinematics of Parallel Manipulators

This paper presents a simple numerical method for forward kinematics of a general 6-DOF parallel manipulators, which can generate a unique solution directly. This method utilizes the trivial nature of the inverse kinematics of parallel manipulators, and derives a straightforward linear relationship between the small change of joint variables (leg lengths) and the resulting small motion of the platform. The solution to the forward kinematics is then achieved through a series of small changes in joint variables. Numerical examples validate and confirm the efficiency of the method

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