Structure design and kinematics modeling of a new continuum parallel robot

Compared with the traditional rigid robots, the continuum robot has been widely studied because of its advantages of compact design and flexible motion. The design of continuum parallel robots are similar to that of the traditional rigid-link parallel robot, and the precision, stability and strength characteristics of rigid-link parallel robots are combined with the compactness and flexibility characteristics of continuum robots. In recent research advances, it is well appreciated to suggest that the use of parallel continuum robots with passive supports is supported by elastic rods. The passive branch undergoes deformation along its entire length and uses complex formulas to describe its shape and kinematics. According to different methods, this paper proposes the design of a parallel robot dual continuum translation passive branch chain. This continuum joint will assume a constant curvature bend and use this assumption for kinematic modeling. Since the continuum joint is a flexible joint that utilizes the characteristics of new materials, it uses material deformation to replace the motion pair, which successfully realizes that the passive branch joint can replace the universal joint and the ball hinge in the parallel robot, and the joint can be bent more than 90 0 to achieve a larger range of workspace. Each passive branch of the new continuum robot is a continuum structure composed of two mutually coupled flexible hinge joints, and the translational motion of the end effector is inherently realized by using its material properties. The paper includes a new mechanism description and kinematics modeling.