Cable-Driven Parallel Robots

This volume presents the outcome of the second forum to cable-driven parallel robots, bringing the cable robot community together. It shows the new ideas of the active researchers developing cable-driven robots. The book presents the state of the art, including both summarizing contributions as well as latest research and future options. The book cover all topics which are essential for cable-driven robots:
Classification
Kinematics, Workspace and Singularity Analysis
Statics and Dynamics Cable Modeling
Control and Calibration
Design Methodology
Hardware Development
Experimental Evaluation
Prototypes, Application Reports and new Application concepts

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*From the content:*The forward kinematics of cable-driven parallel robots with sagging cables.- An Elastic Cable Model for Cable-Driven Parallel Robots Including Hysteresis Effects.- On the Improvement of Cable Collision Detection Algorithms.- Experimental determination of the accuracy of a three-dof cable-suspended parallel robot performing dynamic trajectories.