TASK-BASED MODULAR CONFIGURATIONS FOR HYBRID AND REDUNDANT PARALLEL ROBOTS

Parallel robots provide high stiffness, accelerations and accuracy. They are relatively complex products that are specialized to a specific task. Normally a new robot is designed for every new task. This paper shows an approach that makes it possible to configure parallel robots with the help of a modular system. Thence it is possible to reduce complexity costs and the time to delivery.