Research Article

Type Synthesis of 5-DoF Parallel Mechanisms with Different Submechanisms

Table 2

DoF verifications of the 5-DoF PMs with different submechanisms synthesized from the 10 valid DGTs in Figures 3(b)–15(c).

NumberFigure,
,

15(b1)
25(b2)
35(b3)
45(b4)
55(b5)
65(b6)
76(c)
87(e1)
97(e2)
108(c1)
118(c2)
128(c3)
138(c4)
148(f1)
158(f2)
168(f3)
178(f4)
1811(c1)
1911(c2)
2011(c3)
2111(e1)
2211(e2)
2311(e3)
2412(d1)
2512(d2)
2613(c)
2713(f)
2814(c)
2914(f)
3015(d)

, : the numbers of links; : the numbers of pairs; : the numbers of redundant constraints; : passive DoF; : local DoF of kinematic pair; ; , , , , and : the numbers of , , , , and .