A Novel Two Degrees of Freedom Rotational Decoupled Parallel Mechanism

Abstract

In the field of spatial orientation, the rotational parallel mechanism is widely used. While the existence of coupling brings about the parallel mechanism some difficulties in kinematics and dynamic analysis, the development of control system, and so on. This condition restricts the application fields and effects of the rotational parallel mechanism. Therefore, this paper proposes a novel 2-DOF (two degrees of freedom) rotational DPM (decoupled parallel mechanism). The feature of the mechanism is described and their movement form is analyzed with screw theory. The proposition of the novel rotational DPM will enrich the configurations of the parallel mechanism, and the contents of this paper should be useful for the further research and application of the rotational parallel mechanism.