..., the mobility of the deployable frame is studied, and it has one degree-of-freedom (DoF). To analyze the kinematic performance of the frame in the deployment and folding processes and the static characteristics under external loads at different deployed states, a general approach to analyzing the kinematics...

...Bo Hu; Jingjing Yu; Yi Lu; Chunping Sui; Jianda Han The statics and stiffness model of serial-parallel manipulators (S-PMs) formed by k parallel manipulators (PMs) connected in series is established in this paper. The S-PMs can provide features of both serial manipulators (SMs) and PMs. First...