...Dianjin Zhang; Guangyu Zhang; Longqiu Li Purpose This paper aims to provide a simple and flexible calibration method of parallel manipulators for improving the position accuracy only using partial pose information. Design/methodology/approach The overall idea of this method is to use BP neural...

... It is shown that the robot could work efficiently and reliably in power substations. The positioning error is proved to be within 5 mm, compared to that of 20 cm by implementing integrated global positioning system-dead reckoning navigation. Because of the high positioning accuracy, it is much easier...