Links

There is the list of links to different Internet recourses concerned with my master thesis.

Web-sites

1.	http://www.parallemic.org One of the best sites dedicated to any kinds of parallel manipulators.
2.	http://www.parallemic.org/Terminology/General.html You can find the base terminology dedicated to parallel mechanisms, its analysis, synthesis on the site.
3.	http://wwwrobot.gmc.ulaval.ca One more English site dedicated to mechanisms with parallel kinematic links.
4.	http://www.intuit.ru/department/human/isrob/8/ The Russian site describing the general principles of robotics systems.
5.	http://www.ryerson.ca/~fengxi/parallel.html A lot of parallel mechanisms, with brief description of each one are presented on the site .
6.	http://biotsavart.tripod.com/hexapod.htm The family of parallel mechanisms Hexapods is presented.
7.	http://www.hexapods.net/index.htm Good site completely dedicated to Hexapod robot and it applications.
8.	http://www.dspaceinc.com/ww/en/inc/home.cfm The official web-site of dSpace company. It is one of the best company in the world in producing equipment for control.
9.	http://www.linmot.com Official site of LinMot company, that produces linear motors and additional equipment for them.

Articles

Characteristics of parallel manipulators

1.	http://www.roble.info/robotics/parallel/pdf/ParallelRobots-1.pdf "Parallel robots" - The article gives base conception of parallel manipulators.
2.	http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/ In the article the technique of the Jacobian-analysis of special trajectories for mechanisms with parallel kinematic links is described.
3.	http://www.ent.ohiou.edu/~bobw/PDF/IndRob02.pdf "Kinematics, Design and Control of the 6-PSU Platform"; Brian R. Hopkins and Robert L. Williams - The kinematic, dynamic analysis and control 6-PSU a platform.
4.	http://www.space.mech.tohoku.ac.jp/research/hexa/hexa-e.html There is the description of high-speed mechanism HEXA.
5.	http://ai.stanford.edu/~liugf/TPall.pdf "A Geometric Theory for Synthesis and Analysis of Sub-6 DoF Parallel Manipulators"; Jian Meng and others. The technique of synthesis and the analysis of mechanisms with 6 degrees of freedom is given by means of the geometrical theory.
6.	http://wwwcdl.bmstu.ru/rk2/lect_2.htm Classification of kinematic pairs. Methods of mechanisms research. Foundation of the structural analysis and synthesis.
7.	http://www.sandia.gov/isrc/Paradex.html The description of new pobotic architecture ParaDex (PARAllel DEXterous).
8.	http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1064767.1064771 Optimum design for parallel manipulators with six degrees of freedom.
9.	http://guppy.mpe.nus.edu.sg/~eburdet/adaptParallel/adaptParallel.html The dynamic and kinematic analysis of parallel manipulators.
10.	http://155.69.254.10/users/risc/www/para-intro.html The basic ideas of parallel manipulators design are shown.
11.	http://robotics.eecs.berkeley.edu/medical/laparobot.html The article is dedicated to using of parallel manipulators in medicine.
12.	http://www.eng.buffalo.edu/~hulme/PDF/cv.pdf "Development of a Virtual D.O.F. Motion Platforms for Simulation and Rapid Synthesis"; K.F. Hulme A. Pancotti.- Computer modelling of Gouhg Stewart platform is described.

Control of parallel manipulators

1.	http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/30578.html "Adaptive Control of the Hexaglide, a 6 dof Parallel Manipulator"; M. Honegger, A. Codourey, E. Burdet. - In the article the dynamic equations, nonlinear management and dynamic parameters of identification for Hexaglide are presented.
2.	http://www.fujipress.jp/finder/xslt.php "Implementing Fuzzy Learning Algorithms in a 6 DOF Hydraulic Parallel Link Manipulator"; Fuzzy Modeling Zakarya Zyada, Yasuhisa Hasegawa, Gancho Vachkov. - The algorithm for control of the mechanism with six degrees of freedom based on fuzzy-regulator is described.
3.	http://mecha.hanyang.ac.kr/papers/acc98.pdf "Impedance Control with Varying Stiffness for Parallel-Link Manipulators"; Jong H. Park and Hyun C. Cho. - The control algorithm based on a variable stiffness matrix is described.
4.	http://www.ifr.mavt.ethz.ch/publications/honegger98b.pdf In the article the kinematic and dynamic analysis and also results of modelling with a nonlinear adaptive regulator of mechanism Hexaglide are presented.
5.	http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/wrapper.jsp?arnumber=1400647 In the article the control system of the new safe surgical robot is described on the basis of structure Hexaglide.

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