Geometric Method for Type Synthesis of Parallel Manipulators Hardback - 2019

Qinchuan Li received his B.Eng., M.Eng., and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Yanshan University, Hebei, China, in 1997, 2000, and 2003, respectively.He is currently a Professor at Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China. His research interests include type synthesis, kinematics, and application of parallel mechanisms. He has authored more than 50 publications in journals and conference proceedings. JM Herv was born in France in 1944. He received his Dipl.Ing. degree from Ecole Centrale Paris, France, in 1968 and his Ph.D. degree from the University of Paris 6 in 1976.He began his academic career in 1968, and in 1983, he became a Professor and was responsible for a mechanical design research team at Ecole Centrale Paris. He has been an Invited Researcher in the U.S., Canada, and Japan and is also a consultant for several companies. His professional interests include teaching and research in the field of mechanism and machine science. Wei Ye received his B.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Beijing Jiaotong University, China, in 2010, and 2016, respectively.He is currently a lecturer with Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China. His research interests include design and analysis of reconfigurable parallel mechanisms. He has authored more than 15 publications in journals and conference proceedings.