Optimization, Control and Design of Parallel Robots

Dear Colleagues,

Parallel robots are widely used in various fields of industry, agriculture, high-precision engineering, medicine and other areas. Nevertheless, the design of parallel robots has a number of problems associated with the rational choice of geometric and design parameters and in achieving a compact design while meeting the requirements of controllability and workspace. An important aspect is also the planning and optimization of the trajectory of the end effector (working platform) due to the ambiguity of the forward kinematics solution.

The main objective of this Special Issue is to create a platform for scientists, engineers and practitioners to share their latest theoretical and experimental results, as well as to discuss several issues regarding research directions in the field of parallel robots. In this Special Issue, we hope to publish papers that provide recent results pertaining to the development of high-performance optimization and simulation methods for many robotics problems, including: optimization of geometric and design parameters, singularity analysis, workspace, planning trajectories within the required space, and optimization of design parameters based on the analysis of dynamic models. Developers and designers of parallel robots will be presented with methods for calculating the technical characteristics of robots, taking into account the requirements of controllability, safety and compact design. Articles containing results, both theoretical and experimental, relating to specific areas of robot application are especially welcome.

Prof. Dr. Larisa Rybak
Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Carbone
Prof. Dr. Askhat Diveev
Prof. Dr. Nikolai N. Bolotnik
Dr. Alexey Fomin
Guest Editors

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