摘要：Cable-driven parallel manipulators have been developed as a new kind of parallel manipulators in the last decades, which adopt flexible cables instead of rigid limbs. Cable?driven parallel manipulators possess some inbred advantages over rigid parallel manipulators, such as simple structure, large workspace, high load-weight ratio, and good dynamic performance. Accordingly, cable-driven parallel manipulator has been more and more widely used in practical engineering. The related research has drawn extensive academic attention, as a hot topic with rapid development. This special issue aims to focus on the recent developments concerning cable?driven parallel manipulators. In this special issue onadvances in cable-driven parallel manipulators, we have invited inves?tigators to contribute 16 original research articles as well as review articles.
