Workshop on Fundamental Issues and Future Research Directions for Parallel Mechanisms and Manipulators; October 3-4, 2002; Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

本次研讨会旨在汇集来自世界各地的平行机械臂领域的专家，以传播最新的研究进展，并确定未来最有希望的平行机械臂研究方向。这次会议不是例行会议，与会者的主要责任是提交他或她的论文。相反，通过一系列重点主题演讲，圆桌会议，重点论文和海报会议以及深入讨论会议，与会者将寻求与平行操纵器相关的关键问题的趋同。研讨会的目标包括：(1)确定必须解决的障碍，以增加并联机械手的工业使用；(2)确定可能在理论框架中产生重大进展的有前途的方法；(3)讨论教育需求和教育方法；(4)为整个研究界制定一项战略，以加速平行机械臂的开发和使用；(5)建立和加强国际合作和学术界与产业界的合作。研讨会将于2002年10月3日至4日在加拿大魁北克省魁北克市举行，紧接在蒙特利尔举行的ASME DETC会议（2002年9月29日至10月2日）。

This workshop seeks to bring together experts in the area of parallel manipulators from around the globe for two days in order to disseminate recent research progress and to identify the most promising future research directions for parallel manipulators. This meeting is not a routine conference, wherein the primary responsibility of the participant is to present his or her paper. Instead, through a series of focused keynote presentations, round-tables, focused paper and poster sessions and in-depth discussion sessions the participants will seek convergence on key issues related to parallel manipulators.The objectives of the workshop include: (1) Identify roadblocks that must be resolved to increase the industrial use of parallel manipulators; (2) Identify promising approaches that may yield significant advances in the theoretical framework; (3) Discuss educational needs and methods; (4) Develop a strategy for the research community as a whole to accelerate the development and use of parallel manipulators; (5) Establish and reinforce international collaboration and collaboration between academia and industry. The workshop will be held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, on Oct 3-4, 2002, immediately following the ASME DETC conferences in Montreal (Sept 29-Oct 2, 2002).