Synthesis and evaluation of a high precision 3D-printed Ti6Al4V compliant parallel manipulator

• Main Authors: Wang, Pan, Pham, Minh Tuan, Teo, Tat Joo, Yeo, Song Huat, Na, Sharon Mui Ling
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Compliant Parallel Manipulator (CPM); DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering; 3D-Printing
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/88936; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/46047
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A novel 3D printed compliant parallel manipulator (CPM) with θX − θX − Z motions is presented in this paper. This CPM is synthesized using the beam-based method, a new structural optimization approach, to achieve optimized stiffness properties with targeted dynamic behavior. The CPM performs high no...