We show that kinematically peculiar cores may be generated in stellar spiral-spiral mergers. Kinematic segregation appears as the central bulges transport orbital angular momentum inward to the center of the remnant, while the outer parts keep the spin signature of the precursor disks. The peculiar core is composed mostly of bulge material, and its size best matches that of observed peculiar co...

Human motion capture is a promising technique for the generation of humanoid robot motions. To convert human motion into humanoid robot motion, we need to relate the humanoid robot kinematics to the kinematics of a human performer. In this paper we propose an automatic approach for scaling of humanoid robot kinematic parameters to the kinematic parameters of a human performer. The kinematic mod...

Biomimetic robotic fish is a new type of underwater robot with many superior characteristics such as high movement speed, high motion efficiency, high energy efficiency, and so on. However, the traditional kinematic model for biomimetic robotic fish has many shortcomings which limit their movement speed, such as the rigid shakes of the fish’s head when it swims, which is caused by neglecting th...

Previous kinematic and dynamic analysis has demonstrated the singularity-free workspace and the high force-bearing characteristics of the Wrist. This chapter completes the dynamic model of the Carpal Wrist by presenting a closed-form solution and algorithm to the time response (forward dynamic) problem. With this model, simulation of the Wrist in an application environment can be performed to g...

This paper presents the kinematic design of a translational parallel mechanism (PM) named Vari-Orthoglide by means workspace superposition, according to sub-kinematic chain (SKC) based PM composition principle. The main topological characteristics manipulator with two SKCs under study, such as position and orientation (POC) characteristics, degree freedom (DOF) coupling are analyzed, which turn...