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Preface.- Mechanics of robots 1.- Calculation of the ball raceway interferences due to manufacturing errors and their influence on the friction moment in four-contact-point slewing bearings, by Iker Heras, Josu Aguirrebeitia and Mikel Abasolo.- Meshing Analysis for TA Worm Drive, by Yaping Zhao.- Trade-Off for Space Mechanisms Actuator Technology via a General Purpose Language and Domain Specific Simulations Framework, by Manolo Omiciuolo, Kristin Paetzold, Matthias Baader, Markus Thiels and Klaus Peter Foerster.- Tolerance Analysis of Serial Manipulators with Decoupled and Non-decoupled Dynamics, by Jiali Xu, Jean-Paul Le Baron and Vigen Arakelian.- Mechanism Analysis 1.- Mobility analysis of coupler-driven planar four-bar linkages, by Shaoping Bai.- On the dynamic equivalence of planar mechanisms, an inertia decomposition method, by Jan De Jong, Johannes Van Dijk and Just Herder.- Determination of a Rigid Body Orientation by Means of Indirect Measurements, by Irina Gavrilovich, Sébastien Krut, Marc Gouttefarde and François Pierrot .- Algebraic Analysis of a New Variable-DOF 7R Mechanism, by Martin Pfurner and Xianwen Kong.- Overconstrained Single Loop Four Link Mechanisms with Revolute and Prismatic Joints, by Martin Pfurner, Thomas Stigger and Manfred L. Husty.- Parallel manipulators 1.- Planar Stewart Gough platforms with quadratic singularity surface, by Bernd Aigner and Georg Nawratil.- Forward Kinematic Analysis of the 3-RPRS Parallel Manipulator, by Anirban Nag, Santhakumar Mohan and Sandipan Bandyopadhyay.- Computing the safe working zone of a 3-RRS parallel manipulator, by Dhruvesh Patel, Rohit Kalla, Sandipan Bandyopadhyay and Gökhan Kiper.- Comparison of 3-RPS and 3-SPR Parallel Manipulators based on Kinematic Performance, by Abhilash Nayak, Latifah Nurahmi, Philippe Wenger and Stéphane Caro.- On the workspace representation and determination of spherical parallel robotic manipulators, by Khaled Arrouk, Belhassen-Chedli Bouzgarrou and Grigore Gogu.- Tensegrity mechanisms.- Compliant Gripper Based on a Multistable Tensegrity Structure, by Susanne Sumi, Valter Böhm, Florian Schale and Klaus Zimmermann.- Compliant Multistable Tensegrity Structures with Simple Topologies, by Valter Böhm, Susanne Sumi, Tobias Kaufhold and Klaus Zimmermann.- Toward the control of tensegrity mechanisms for variable stiffness applications: a case study, by Quentin Boehler, Salih Abdelaziz, Marc Vedrines, Philippe Poignet and Pierre Renaud .- Kinematic Analysis of a Continuum Parallel Robot, by Oscar Altuzarra, Mikel Diez, Javier Corral, Gennaro Teoli and Marco Ceccarelli.- Mechanics of robots 2.- A New Formulation for Spatial Revolute Joints with Clearance, by Filipe Marques, Fernando Isaac, Nuno Dourado and Paulo Flores.- Efficiency Assessment in Spur Gears with Shifting and Profile Modifications, by Alberto Diez-Ibarbia, Alfonso Fernandez-Del-Rincon, Miguel Iglesias, Ana De-Juan, Pablo Garcia and Fernando Viadero.- Motion design considering moment of inertia, by Sören Schulze, Carsten Teichgräber and Maik Berger.- Recent Developments on Cylindrical Contact Force Models with Realistic Properties, by Fernando Isaac, Filipe Marques, Nuno Dourado and Paulo Flores.- On the Determination of the Meshing Stiffness and the Load Sharing of Spur Gears, by José I. Pedrero, Miguel Pleguezuelos and Miryam B. Sánchez.- Industrial and non-industrial applications 1.- Winmecc: Software for the Analysis of Planar Mechanisms, by Antonio Ortiz, Juan Antonio Cabrera, Fernando Nadal and Alex Bataller.- Manipulator Motion Planning in Redundant Robotic System for Fiber Placement Process, by Jiuchun Gao, Anatol Pashkevich and Stéphane Caro.- Free and Open Source Software Applications for Education of TMM Discipline in Bauman University, by

Andrei Vukolov.- A Novel One-DoF Gravity Balancer Based on Cardan Gear Mechanism, by Yu-Chun Hung and Chin-Hsing Kuo.- Galvanometer laser scanning: Custom-made input signals for maximum duty cycles in high-end imaging applications, by Virgil-Florin Duma.- Control issues.- Optimal Motion of Flexible Objects with Oscillations Elimination at the Stop Point, by Natalia Varminska and Damien Chablat.- Alternating Error Effects on Decomposition Method in Function Generation Synthesis, by Omar W Maaroof, Mehmet Ismet Can Dede and Gökhan Kiper.- Control-based Design of a Five-bar Mechanism, by Lila Kaci, Sébastien Briot, Clément Boudaud and Philippe Martinet.- History of mechanisms.- F. Reuleaux, F. Wittenbauer: their Influence on Evolution of Applied Mechanics in Russia at the Beginnings of XXth century, by Andrei Vukolov.- Applying Modern CAD Systems to Reconstruction of Old Design, by Gennadiy Timofeev, Olga Egorova and Ilya Grigorev.- Cable mechanisms.- Increase of Position Accuracy for Cable-Driven Parallel Robots using a Model for Elongation of Plastic Fiber Ropes, by Valentin Schmidt and Andreas Pott.- Pose-Independent Counterweighting of Cable-Suspended Payloads with Application to Rehabilitation, by Carl Nelson, Raphaël Thienpont and Ashish Shinde.- Preliminaries of a new approach for the direct kinematics of suspended cable-driven parallel robot with deformable cables, by Jean-Pierre Merlet.- Static Analysis of Planar 3-DOF Cable-Suspended Parallel Robots Carrying a Serial Manipulator, by Marc Gouttefarde.- Mechanism design and synthesis 1.- Structural synthesis, Mobility Analysis and Creation of Complete Atlas of Multiloop Planar Multiple-jointed Kinematic Chains on Base All Possible Sets of Color Multiple Joints for Industrial Applications, by Ekaterina Ermoshina and Vladimir Pozhbelko.- Design and Development of a Triggered Type Underactuated Grasping Mechanism and its Application to an Experimental Test Bed, by Steven Grech and Michael Saliba.- Solving the minimum distance problem for the synthesis of mechanisms, by Igor Fernandez de Bustos, Vaness García Marina and Gorka Urkullu.- Mobile Robot with Multiple Modes Based on 4-URU Parallel Mechanism,by Zhihuai Miao, Jieyu Wang and Bing Li.- Mechanisms for biomechanics and surgery.- An experimental characterization of human knee joint motion capabilities, by Michal Olinski, Marco Ceccarelli, Daniele Cafolla and Antoni Gronowicz.- An Innovative Parallel Robotic System for Transperineal Prostate Biopsy, by Bogdan Gherman, Nicolae Plitea and Doina Pisla.- A 2PRP-2PPR planar parallel Manipulator for the purpose of Lower Limb Rehabilitation, by Jayant Mohanta and Santhakumar Mohan.- Singularity Analysis of a Wall-mounted Parallel Robot with SCARA MotionsLower Limb Exoskeleton with Hybrid Pneumaticaly Assisted Electric Drive for Neuroreabilitation, by Anton Aliseychik, Elena Kolesnichenko, Victor Glazunov, Igor Orlov, Vladimir Pavlovsky and Natalia Petrovskaya.- Mechanism design and synthesis 2.- An Adjustable Constant Force Mechanism Using Pin Joints and Springs, by Patrice Lambert and Just L. Herder.- Synthesis and optimisation of large stroke flexure hinges, by Martijn Grootens, Ronald Aarts and Dannis Brouwer.- On the grand 4R four-bar based inherently balanced linkage architecture, by Volkert van der Wijk.- Mechanism Analysis 2.- A Workspace Analysis of 4R Manipulators Via Level-Set Formulation, by Matteo Russo and Marco Ceccarelli.- A constructive method for the approximation of the multiple inverse kinematics solutions of noncuspidal 6 DoF manipulators, by Vassilis Moulianitis, Dimitrios Vogiatzief and Nikos Aspragathos.- Single-loop Foldable 8R Mechanisms with Multiple Modes, by Jieyu Wang, Guochao Bai and Xianwen Kong.- Calibration of TCP-fixed bevel units, by Carsten Teichgräber, Maik Berger and Jörg Müglitz.- Industrial and non-industrial applications 2.- Mechanism Type Synthesis Approach for Automated Handling and Multiaxial Draping of Reinforcing Textiles, by Jan Brinker, Jascha Paris, Mario Müller, Mathias Hüsing and Burkhard Corves.- Design of a Reciprocal Hip Mechanism with Adjustable Flexion-Extension Coupling Ratios for Prosthetic Applications, by Kuan-Han Chen and Jyh-Jone Lee.- Wind turbine based on antiparallel link mechanism, by Marat Dosaev, Lyubov Klimina and Yury Selyutskiy.- Model and analysis of a novel piezo-electric rotational motor based on deformation wave precession, by Marco Leonesio, Nicola Cau, Giacomo Bianchi and Paolo Bonfiglio.- Estimating characteristics of a contact between sensing element of medical robot and soft tissue, by Anastasya Yakovenko, Irina Goryacheva and Marat Dosaev.- Parallel manipulators 2.- A coordinate-free dynamical model for cable-driven parallel robots, by Georges Le Vey.- Path Generation Synthesis of Planar Double-Slider Linkages via the Elliptic Coupler Curve, by Gökhan Kiper, Almina Akbalçık and Zehra Betül Sen.- A Controller for Avoiding Dynamic Model Degeneracy of Parallel Robots during Type 2 Singularity Crossing, by Damien Six, Sébastien Briot, Abdelhamid Chriette and Philippe Martinet.- Singularity Analysis of a Wall-mounted Parallel Robot with SCARA Motions, by Guanglei Wu and Shaoping Bai.- Design of a Cable-Driven Four-Bar Mechanism for Arm Rehabilitation, by Talha Eraz and Gökhan Kiper.