Progress in the Innovation and Application of Parallel Robot Mechanism

The histories and current situation in the research development of parallel robot were presented.The applications of Stewart platform, Delta parallel robot and Tricept parallel kinematics machine were introduced.The development for parallel kinematics machine in China was described.The progress of in the innovation and application of lower-mobility parallel manipulator in recent years was reviewed.The hotspots that study new-type parallel manipulators with different using background in parallel robot regions were put forward.Some problems for studying parallel robot mechanism were pointed out.