Research Article

A New Theoretical Method for Solving Forward Kinematics of the Parallel Mechanisms Based on Transfer Matrix

Table 2

Translational principal direction measurement.

Translational jointMSTMMExperiment
FirstSecondThird
12Point 1Point 2ErrorPoint 1Point 2ErrorPoint 1Point 2Error

μmμmradμmμmμmμmμmμm
000000000
111172.31161.81160.9-0.93%1161.11160.4-0.99%1161.41160.4-0.97%
222343.92310.92327-1.06%2321.92325.5-0.86%2316.32326-0.97%
3335153458.63473.3-1.40%3468.83470.1-1.30%3462.13470.8-1.38%
444685.44599.14618.4-1.64%4608.24615.4-1.57%4600.34616.7-1.64%
555855.35730.65760.5-1.87%5744.95755.9-1.79%5736.45756.9-1.86%
444685.44596.54619-1.66%4605.24618.2-1.57%4596.74619.2-1.65%
33351534563472.3-1.45%3463.93472.9-1.33%3456.73473.6-1.42%
222343.92308.92326.7-1.11%23162327.5-0.95%2328.32328.3-0.67%
111172.31159.21160.9-1.04%1163.21163.5-0.76%1164.51164.5-0.67%
000-1.2-0.62.30-5.10.5
-1-1-1173-1161.7-1175.6-0.37%-1167.6-1170.7-0.33%-1172-1173.5-0.02%
-2-2-2346.6-2343.9-23540.10%-2333.7-2350.9-0.18%-2339.6-2352.2-0.03%
-3-3-3521.1-3522-3541.30.30%-3517-3538.70.19%-3523.6-35400.30%
-4-4-4696.3-4716.1-4738.60.66%-4701.7-4736.50.49%-4712.5-4736.80.60%
-5-5-5872.4-5915.1-5948.51.01%-5910.3-5945.40.94%-5918.5-5945.61.02%
-4-4-4696.3-4706.5-4740.40.58%-4701.7-4739.10.51%-4710.2-4738.80.60%
-3-3-3521.1-3519.2-3543.30.29%-3512.3-3542.50.18%-3521.6-3542.30.31%
-2-2-2346.6-2340.6-2356.30.08%-2326.8-2355.7-0.23%-2336-2355.2-0.04%
-1-1-1173-1159.6-1175.9-0.45%-1158.9-1176.8-0.44%-1168.4-1175.8-0.08%
0000.8-0.812.5-1.52-0.5