The First Type Singularity of the Novel 3-PRPS Type Tripod
摘要
This paper is devoted to study the first type singularity of the novel 3-PRPS-type tripod. This tripod is formed by connecting a moving platform with a fixed platform (base) through three closing kinematic chains of the PRPS type, and it has three active and three passive input prismatic kinematic pairs. The Jacobian matrices of the 3-PRPS-type tripod have been derived. Singular configurations of the tripod appear when the determinants of the Jacobian matrices equal zero. By analyzing the degeneracy of the Jacobian matrices, the conditions for the first type of singularity are defined.