Two rotational and one translational degrees of freedom parallel manipulator with high rotational capability

A two-turn-one-movement parallel mechanism with a large turning angle, comprising a machine frame, a movable platform, and two first branches and one second branch that are connected between the machine frame and the movable platform in parallel, characterized in that,

• each one of the first branches comprises a machine frame turning pair, a first moving pair slider, a first moving pair guide rod and a first universal joint that are connected between the machine frame and the movable platform in turn;
• the axis of a first turning shaft, in connection with each corresponding one of the first moving pair guide rods, of each one of the first universal joints is parallel to the axis of each one of the machine frame turning pairs and vertical to the axis of each one of the first moving pairs;
• the second branch comprises a second moving pair guide rod, a second moving pair slider, a second universal joint, a connecting rod and a movable platform turning pair, wherein the axis of a first turning shaft of the second universal joint is parallel to the axis of the second moving pair, the axis of a second turning shaft, in connection with the connecting rod, of the second universal joint is parallel to the axis of the movable platform turning pair and vertical to the axis of the second moving pair;
• the axis of a second turning shaft, in connection with the movable platform, of each one of the first universal joints in the two first branches is superimposed with and parallel to the axis of the movable platform turning pair in the second branch;
• and the axis of a first turning pair of the second universal joint in the second branch is parallel to the axis of each one of the machine frame turning pairs in the first branch.

A two-turn-one-movement parallel mechanism with a large turning angle, comprising a machine frame, a movable platform, and two first branches and two second branches that are connected between the machine frame and the movable platform in parallel, characterized in that,

• each one of the first branches comprises a machine frame turning pair, a first moving pair slider, a first moving pair guide rod and a first universal joint that are connected between the machine frame and the movable platform in turn;
• the axis of a first turning shaft, in connection with each corresponding one of the guide rods, of each one of the first universal joints is parallel to the axis of each one of the machine frame turning pairs and vertical to the axis of each one of the first moving pairs;
• each one of the second branches comprises a second moving pair guide rod, a second moving pair slider, a second universal joint, a connecting rod and a movable platform turning pair, wherein the axis of a first turning shaft, in connection with each corresponding one of the second moving pair sliders, of each one of the second universal joints is parallel to the axis of each one of the second moving pairs, the axis of a second turning shaft, in connection with each corresponding one of the connecting rods, of each one of the second universal joints is parallel to the axis of each one of the movable platform turning pairs and vertical to the axis of each one of the moving pairs;
• the axis of the first turning pair of each one of the second universal joints in the two second branches is superimposed with and is parallel to the axis of each one of the machine frame turning pairs in the first branches;
• the axis of each one of the second turning shafts, in connection with the movable platform, of each one of the first universal joints in the two first branches is superimposed with and parallel to the axis of each corresponding one of the movable platform turning pairs in the second branches;
• and the machine frame turning pairs of the two first branches are arranged symmetric to the axis of each one of the second moving pairs of the two second branches.