Research and Application of Cable-Driven and Rigid Parallel Robots

Overview.- Modeling Methods for the Long-span Cable-driven Parallel Robot.- The Static Characteristic Analysis of the Long-span Cable-driven Parallel Mechanism.- Stiffness Analysis of the Long-span Cable-driven Parallel Mechanism.- Dimensional Synthetic Optimization Design of the Cable-driven Parallel Mechanism.- Rigid-body Dynamic Modelling and Verification of the Fine-tuning Stewart Platform.- Dynamic Modeling of the Series Coupled Rigid-flexible System.- Vibration Control of Flexibly Supported Parallel Robots.- Inertia Matching of Parallel Robots.- Final Scale Model of the Feed Support System.

Xiaoqiang Tang, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Director of Manufacturing Engineering Institute at Tsinghua University. He has served as the Chief System Engineer of the Five-Hundred-Meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST project). He is one of the academic leaders in the fields of cable-driven parallel mechanism and space robot in China. He has published 5 monographs and over 100 academic papers and obtained over 60 authorized Chinese invention patents. He has won the second prize of natural science of the ministry of education, the special prize and the second prize of China machinery industry science and technology award. 

Zhufeng Shao, Ph.D.,  is an Associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Tsinghua University, a member of the National Industrial Foundation Expert Committee, a special expert of the Chinese Academy of Engineering for foundation strategy research, asenior member of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, an Editorial Board number of the Defence Technology (IF 5.1), a member of ASME and IEEE, a member of the China National Professional Standards Technical Committee (TC231-SC2), and the director of intelligent equipment and system research center at Tsinghua University WUXI research institute of applied technologies. He is engaged in the research of high-performance robotic and intelligent manufacturing. He has published 3 monographs and over 80 academic papers, issued 6 approved national standards on intelligent manufacturing and obtained 45 authorized Chinese invention patents and 15 software copyrights. He has won the silver prize of China patent award, the second prize of natural science of the ministry of education, the special prize and the second prize of China machinery industry science and technology award. 

Rui Yao, Ph.D., the head of the FAST feed cabin system and a leader of the mechanical group ofthe