1. Introduction to the special issue on the “IFToMM International Symposium on Robotics and Mechatronics”

   • I-Ming Chen
   • Feng Gao

   Editorial 06 June 2012 Pages: 99 - 99

2. Planar jumping with stable landing through foot orientation design and ankle joint control

   • Qilong Yuan
   • I-Ming Chen

   Research Article 06 June 2012 Pages: 100 - 108

3. A method to calculate working capacity space of multi-DOF manipulator and the application in excavating mechanism

   • Baochen Wei
   • Feng Gao

   Research Article 06 June 2012 Pages: 109 - 119

4. Influence of kinematic redundancy on the singularity-free workspace of parallel kinematic machines

   • Jens Kotlarski
   • Bodo Heimann
   • Tobias Ortmaier

   Research Article 06 June 2012 Pages: 120 - 134

5. Contribution to the design of robotized tele-echography system

   • T. Essomba
   • M. A. Laribi
   • G. Poisson

   Research Article 06 June 2012 Pages: 135 - 149

6. Synthesis of spherical parallel manipulator for dexterous medical task

   • Abdelbadiâ Chaker
   • Abdelfattah Mlika
   • Saïd Zeghloul

   Research Article 06 June 2012 Pages: 150 - 162

7. Singularity and workspace analysis of three isoconstrained parallel manipulators with schoenflies motion

   • Po-Chih Lee
   • Jyh-Jone Lee

   Research Article 06 June 2012 Pages: 163 - 187

8. Design and preliminary evaluation of an exoskeleton for upper limb resistance training

   • Tzong-Ming Wu
   • Dar-Zen Chen

   Research Article 06 June 2012 Pages: 188 - 198

9. Modular design of typical rigid links in parallel kinematic machines: Classification and topology optimization

   • Xinjun Liu
   • Xiang Chen
   • Zhidong Li

   Research Article 11 May 2012 Pages: 199 - 209

10. Parasitic rotation evaluation and avoidance of 3-UPU parallel mechanism

    • Haibo Qu
    • Yuefa Fang
    • Sheng Guo

    Research Article 06 June 2012 Pages: 210 - 218

11. A total torque index for dynamic performance evaluation of a radial symmetric six-legged robot

    • Kejia Li
    • Xilun Ding
    • Marco Ceccarell

    Research Article 06 June 2012 Pages: 219 - 230