TY - JOUR
T1 - Introduction
AU - Yan, Liang
AU - Chen, I. Ming
AU - Lim, Chee Kian
AU - Yang, Guilin
AU - Lee, Kok Meng
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2011, Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Over the past decades, spherical actuator has been a more and more popular research topic worldwide. Due to its advantages of compact size, high motion precision, fast response, direct driven, non-singularity in workspace and high efficiency, it has wide potential applications in robotics, manufacturing, automobile, precision assembling and medical surgery. The fundamental concepts and working principles of various spherical actuators are presented in the monograph. Systematic study approaches on the modeling, design, experimental investigation and orientation sensing technologies of permanent magnet (PM) spherical actuators are the focus of this book. In this chapter, the background and motivation of the development of multi-degree-of-freedom (multi-DOF) spherical actuator is introduced. Following that, the state of the art of the studies on spherical actuators is reviewed. Subsequently, the research objective and scope of a 3-DOF PM spherical actuator are presented. Finally, the outline of the monograph is proposed.
AB - Over the past decades, spherical actuator has been a more and more popular research topic worldwide. Due to its advantages of compact size, high motion precision, fast response, direct driven, non-singularity in workspace and high efficiency, it has wide potential applications in robotics, manufacturing, automobile, precision assembling and medical surgery. The fundamental concepts and working principles of various spherical actuators are presented in the monograph. Systematic study approaches on the modeling, design, experimental investigation and orientation sensing technologies of permanent magnet (PM) spherical actuators are the focus of this book. In this chapter, the background and motivation of the development of multi-degree-of-freedom (multi-DOF) spherical actuator is introduced. Following that, the state of the art of the studies on spherical actuators is reviewed. Subsequently, the research objective and scope of a 3-DOF PM spherical actuator are presented. Finally, the outline of the monograph is proposed.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85028894864
U2 - 10.1007/978-94-007-1646-9_1
DO - 10.1007/978-94-007-1646-9_1
M3 - 社论
AN - SCOPUS:85028894864
SN - 2211-0984
VL - 4
SP - 1
EP - 27
JO - Mechanisms and Machine Science
JF - Mechanisms and Machine Science
ER -