Xilun Ding & Xianwen Kong 
Advances in Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots II [PDF ebook] 

Part 1: Reconfiguration Theory.- Reconfigurable Chains of Bifurcating Type III Bricard Linkages, by Shengnan Lu, Dimiter Zlatanov, Xilun Ding, Matteo Zoppi and Simon D. Guest.- A Novel Reconfigurable 7R Linkage with Multifurcation, by Ketao Zhang, Andreas Müller and Jian S. Dai.- Design and Analysis of a New 7R Single-Loop Mechanism with 4R, 6R and 7R Operation Modes, by Xiuyun He, Xianwen Kong, Guangbo Hao and James Ritchie.- Analysis of the Motion Mode Change of a Metamorphic 8R Linkage, by Andreas Müller, Ketao Zhang and Jian S. Dai.- Mobility and Structure Re-configurability of Compliant Mechanisms, by Guangbo Hao.- Reconfigurable compliant unit modeling and compositions, by Liping Zhang, Xiaoyang Tong, Tian Ji and Guibing Pang.- Part II: Topology, Kinematics and Design of Reconfigurable Mechanisms.- Enumerating the Topological Configurations of the Reconfigurable Cube Mechanism with Eight Sub-Cubes, by Lin-Chi Wu and Chin-Hsing Kuo.- Topological Graph Descriptions and Structural Automatic Synthesis of Planar Multiple joint and geared-linkage Kinematic Chains, by Jinkui Chu and Yanhuo Zou.- Origami Carton Folding Analysis Using Flexible Panels, by Ferdinando Cannella, Mariapaola Dimperio, Carlo Canali, Nahian Rahman, Fei Chen, Daniele Catelani, Darwin G. Caldwell and Jian S. Dai.- Design of Constant-Force Compliant Sarrus Mechanism Considering Stiffness Nonlinearity of Compliant Joints, by Guimin Chen, Hongye Chang and Geng Li.- Twin–Bennett Linkage and One Type of Its Mobile Assemblies, by Hongwei Guo, Zhongjie Li, Rongqiang Liu and Zongquan Deng.- Inverse kinematics and Kineto-statics of Metamorphic palm of the KCL/TJU metamorphic Hand, by Chunsong Zhang and Jian S. Dai.- Foldability Analysis of Cylindrical Origami Structures, by Jianguo Cai, Ruijun Ma, Jian Feng, Ya Zhou and Xiaowei Deng.- Workspace Analysis of a Reconfigurable Mechanism Generated from the Network of Bennett Linkages, by Huijuan Feng, Rongjie Kang and Yan Chen.- Configuration Analysis of Loading Mechanism with Metamorphic Characteristics, by Lin Zhang, Ganwei Cai, Kaijun Zhu, Xiaochun Wang and Zhijie Li.- Dimension Relationship between Spherical Four-Bar Mechanisms with Same Couple Curve, by Jianwei Sun, Wenrui Liu and Jinkui Chu.- Part III: Reconfigurable Parallel Mechanisms.- Mobility analysis of non-overconstrained reconfigurable parallel manipulators with 3-CPU/3-CRU kinematics, by Matteo Palpacelli, Luca Carbonari, Giacomo Palmieri and Massimo Callegari.- Mechanism Analysis of Parallel Lifting Mechanism for Schnable Car Based on Coordinate Transformation, by Yan-Zhi Zhao, Xiang-Nan Wang, Xiao-Xiao Liu, Jie Zhang, Yang Li and Tie-Shi Zhao.- Reconfiguration and Static Joint Force Variation of a 3r RPS Metamorphic Parallel Mechanism with 3R and 1T2R Motion, by Dongming Gan, Jian S. Dai, Jorge Dias and Lakmal Seneviratne.- Topology and Mobility Variations of a Novel Redundant Reconfigurable Parallel Mechanism, by Haibo Qu and Sheng Guo.- Reconfiguration analysis of a 2-DOF 3-4R parallel manipulator with orthogonal base and platform, by Xianwen Kong.- Qr Para: A new reconfigurable parallel manipulator with 5-axis capability, by Yan Jin, Binbin Lian, Mark Price, Tao Sun and Yimin Song.- Quaternion Method for the Kinematics Analysis of Parallel Metamorphic Mechanisms, by Zhonghai Zhang, Jian Sun, Zhenhua Wang, Gongjing Yu, Duanling Li and Jinguo Liu.- Kinematics Analysis of n-4R Reconfigurable Parallel Mechanisms, by Jingjun Yu, Zhixiang Duan and Yan Xie.- A family of 2R1T parallel manipulators with intersecting rotational axes, by Bo Hu and Zhen Huang.- A Novel Parallel Mechanism Design based on Tripod Components, by Guanyu Huang, Dan Zhang, Sheng Guo and Dian Li.- Motion Decoupling Analysis of a Kind of 2R Parallel Mechanism with Two Continuous Rotational Axes, by Yundou Xu, Liangliang Chen, Wennan Yan, Jiantao Yao and Yongsheng Zhao.- Type Synthesis of A Family of 3-DOF Spherical Parallel Mechanisms Using Upper-Lower Combination and Axis Movement Theorem, by Rongfu Lin, Weizhong Guo and Feng Gao.- Structural Synthesis Based on POC Set for Lower-mobility Non-overconstrained Parallel Mechanisms, by Xiaorong Zhu, Xin Yao, Huiping Shen, Chen Sun and Tingli Yang.- Dynamic Identification of a 3-PRS Parallel Robot with Scissor-Type Prismatic Joint: A Cloud-based Approach, by Jian Yang, Xin Wang and Xuefeng Chen.- Force Balance of Mechanisms and Parallel Robots through Reconfiguration Method, by Dan Zhang and Bin Wei.- Fault Diagnosis and Reconfiguration of Prestressed Fault-tolerant Six-axis Force Sensor, by Jiantao Yao, Hongyu Zhang, Jialong Zhu, Yundou Xu and Yongsheng Zhao.- Structural Characteristics of Force/Moment Polytopes of Cable Driven Parallel Mechanisms, by Xiaowei Dai, Yuru Zhang, Dangxiao Wang and Jian Song.- Constraint and Mobility Analysis of the SNU 3-UPU Parallel Mechanism in Mixed Mode, by Ziming Chen, Yang Zhang, Kun Huang and Zhen Huang.- The Elliptical Trajectory with Modified Sine Motion Profile for Delta Robot, by Ruining Huang, Yunqiang Zhang and Yunjiang Lou.- A Precise Rotary Actuator Based on Small Perimeter Difference Using Parallel Compliant Mechanism, by Chengwu Li, Gang Ma, Xu Pei and Bilu Fang.- Kinematic Modelling of a Panel Enclosed Hexapod, by Aaron Yu, Fengfeng（Jeff) Xi and Daniel Finistauri.- Conceptual Design and Kinematic Analysis of a Novel Parallel Manipulator with an Articulated Gripping Platform, by Yimin Song, Yang Qi and Tao Sun.- Conceptual Design and Workspace Analysis of an Exechon-inspired Parallel Kinematic Machine, by Tengfei Tang, Yanqin Zhao, Jun Zhang and Yan Jin.- Type Synthesis and Analysis of Two-Axis Swaying Platform with Virtual Rotation Axis, by Erwei Li, Tieshi Zhao, Chang Wang, Yanzhi Zhao, Hui Bian and Yuhang Chen.- Kinematic and Dynamic Analysis of a 3PUS-S(P) Parallel Metamorphic Mechanism Used for Bionic Joint, by Boyan Chang and Guoguang Jin.- Part IV: Bio-Reconfiguration Techniques and Biomedical Devices.- A Bio-inspired Reconfigurable Robot, by Ning Tan, Rajesh Elara Mohan and Karthikeyan Elangovan.- Modeling and Design on trailing edge of morphing wing, by Gang Li and Bing Li.- Suboptimal anatomy of metamorphic manipulators based on the high rotational dexterity, by Vassilis C. Moulianitis, Nikos A. Aspragathos and Charalampos Valsamos.- The Flexible Neck Mechanism Design and Control of a Turtle Robot for Performance at Digital Stage, by Wenfu Xu, Hongtao Wang, Zhonghua Hu and Guowei Liang.- Modular bionic foot design inspired by blue sheep, by Xilun Ding, Linhong Kang, Qun Zhang and Kun Xu.- Design and Kinematic Analysis of a Novel Metamorphic Mechanism for Lower Limb Rehabilitation, by Wuxiang Zhang, Shaodan Zhang, Marco Ceccarelli and Di Shi.- A Cable-Pulley Transmission for Ankle Joint Actuation in Artificial Leg, by Huaxin Liu, Marco Ceccarelli, Qiang Huang, Xinran Guo, Haotian She and Weimin Zhang.- Mathematical Modeling and Kinematics Analysis for a Novel Ankle Rehabilitation Robot, by Yang Li and Ligang Yao.- Prototype Design of a Rubik Snake Robot, by Xin Zhang and Jinguo Liu.- Trajectory optimization for robot crawling on ceiling using dry elastomer adhesive, by Zhongyuan Wang, Gongxun Sun and Zhendong Dai.- Mechanism Design and Kinematic Performance Research of Snake-like Robot with Orthogonal Active Wheels, by Zhiping Weng, Tianlong Liu, Chuncheng Wu and Zhengcai Cao.- Part V: Analysis and Design of Reconfigurable Robots.- A Robot Capable of Autonomous Robotic Team Repair: The Hex-DMR II System, by Joshua D. Davis, Yunuscan Sevimli, M. Kendal Ackerman and Gregory S. Chirikjian.- Inverse Kinematics of Active Rotation ball joint manipulators using workspaces density functions, by Hui Dong, Taosha Fan, Zhijiang Du and Gregory S. Chirikjian.- Singularity Analysis of a High-Speed Parallel Robot with Schönflies Motion, by Fugui Xie, Xin-Jun Liu and Zubing Min.- Multi-objective Design Optimization of a Parallel Schönflies-motion Robot, by Guanglei Wu, Shaoping Bai and Preben Hjørnet.- Mechanism Synthesis and Workspace Analysis of a Spraying Robot for Airfoil, by Lizhong Zhu, Liping Wang and Jingshan Zhao.- A Novel Docking Mechanism Design and Dynamic Performance Analysis of Self-reconfigurable Modular Robot, by Xiaofeng Wang, Minglu Zhang and Weimin Ge.- Conceptual Design and Kinematic Analysis of the Diamobot: A Homogeneous Modular Robot, by Longhai Zhao, Hao Wang, Tianwei Lin, Genliang Chen and Lingyu Kong.- Design and Development on a Reconfigurable Modular Joint of the Robot Arm, by Jiaming Deng, Pengcheng Wang, Qingmei Meng, Huiping Shen, Jian Chen and Minzhou Luo.- A New Approach to Identify Link Errors and Kinematic Pair Errors of SCARA Robot, by Zhi Wang, Delun Wang, Huimin Dong and Shudong Yu.- Structural Topology Optimization for a Robot Upper Arm Based on SIMP Method, by Yunfei Bai, Ming Cong and Yongyao Li.- Intelligent Service Reconfiguration for Home Robots, by Tsung-Hsien Yang and Wei-Po Lee.- Design and Simulation of Metamorphic Moving Mechanism of Insulator Inspection Robot, by S. J. Li, Q. Yang, M. Geng and H.G. Wang.- Compliance analysis and synthesis of a serial manipulator with redundant DOFs used in Tokamak, by Jue Yu, Yong Zhao, Hao Wang, Li Wang and Xinmin Lai.- A Modular Liquid Sample Handling Robot for High-throughput Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, by Jichun Li, Volha Shapaval, Achim Kohler, Robert Talintyre, Jürgen Schmitt, Richard Stone, Andrew J Gallant and Dagou A Zeze.- Reconfigurable Industrial Robots – an integrated approach to design the joint and linkmodules and configure the robot manipulator, by Anna Valente.- M2 Gripper: Extending the Dexterity of a Simple, Underactuated Gripper, by Raymond R. Ma, Adam Spiers and Aaron M. Dollar.- Design and Analysis of a Circular-Orbit Underconstrained Cable Parallel Robot, by Sen Qian, Bin Zi and Xue Han.- Kinematics and energy minimization approach for continuum robot, by Qiang Lu and Bin He.- Parametric modeling and experimental analysis for interventional surgery robots, by Bin He, Ke Liu, Shangqing Wu, Yuanyuan Si, Tingting Yuan, Luxi He and Yanmin Zhou.- Application and research of the Clip Type Manipulator, by Hui Jin, Chao Yun, Wei Wang and Dongjing Li.- Part VI: Control of Reconfigurable Robots.- Reconfiguration of Mobile Intelligent Robotic Platform (MIRP) with Emotional Control, by Alberto Rovetta.- Self-assembly Planning of a Shape by Regular Modular Robots by Haiyuan Li, Tianmiao Wang and Gregory S. Chirikjian.- Evaluation of Contactless Power Transmission at Rotary Joint for Dynamic Load, by Zhipan Wang, Hao Gu and Peide Sun.- Bio-control of a modular design robot – NOROS, by Fan Yang, Xilun Ding and Saijin Peng.- Efficient Motion Simulation and Collision Detection Algorithm Suitable for Serial Industrial Robot, by Jiangang Li, Yang Lu and Yangpeng Song.- A Constrained Guess-Check Approach for Resource Allocation in the Robot Control System Design, by Xingyun He, Cezary Zielinski, Steven Davy and Lei Shi.- Towards Predictable Precision Manipulation of Unknown Objects with Underactuated Fingers, by Raymond R. Ma, Nicolas Rojas and Aaron M. Dollar.- Task-Based Control Strategies and the Implementation for a Six-Legged Multi-tasked Robot, by Yuan Tian, Feng Gao, Yang Pan and Yilin Xu.- Gait and Experiment Research for the Human-carrying Quadruped Walking Chair Robot with Parallel Leg Mechanism, by Lingfeng Sang, Hongbo Wang, Shuaishuai Wang and Hongmin Shi.- Workspace Analysis and Dynamic Object Tracking with a Delta Parallel Robot, by Guoying Zhang, Guanfeng Liu, Weinan Chen, Xieyuan Lin and Yisheng Guan.- Load Sharing Characteristics of RV Transmission Mechanism in Robot, by Shuai Mo, Yidu Zhang and Qiong Wu.- Part VII: Deployable Mechanisms and Applications of Reconfigurable Mechanisms.- Design and experiment on a lock/release mechanism based on shape memory alloy for SAR antenna, by Rongqiang Liu, Yan Wang, Qiang Cong and Dong Liu.- Design of a Six-Wheeled Planetary Surface Locomotion System with Single Motor Driving Folded-deployed Suspension, by Yue Wu, Shurong Hu, Jianguo Tao, Jiajun Li and Chen Lin.- A Method for Constructing Reconfigurable Deployable Polyhedral Mechanism, by Ruiming Li, Yan’an Yao and Xianwen Kong.- Modeling and Design on Modular Deployable Antenna, by Bing Li, Weiguo Kong and Xiaozhi Qi.- Mobility Analysis for Deployable Assemblies of Mechanisms Based on Nullspace, by Yi Yang, Xilun Ding and Wuxiang Zhang.- Reconfigurability of Engines: A kinematic approach to Variable Compression Ratio Engines, by Thiago Hoeltgebaum, Roberto Simoni and Daniel Martins.- Reconfigurability and Flexibility in a Robotic Fixture for Automotive Assembly Welding, by Zeshan Ahmad, Shengnan Lu, Matteo Zoppi, Dimiter Zlatanov and Rezia Molfino.- Module Partition Method for Product Requirement Change Based on Improved Differential Evolution Algorithm, by Wei Wei, Liang He, Ang Liu and Shaopeng Xu.- Synthesis of a spatial 3-dof deployable mechanism to grasp stacked non-rigid materials, by David Corinaldi, Massimo Callegari, Matteo-Claudio Palpacelli and Giacomo Palmieri.- A novel linear telescopic mechanism: configuration and position precision analysis, by Leiyu Zhang and Yang Yang.