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The good motion characteristics arise from not only its symmetric configuration, but also the rigid linkages between non-adjacent rigid stages. Comprehensive kinematic analysis is carried out based on a series of finite element simulations over a motion range per axis less than \u00b15% of the beam length, which reveals that the maximum cross-axis coupling rate is less than 0.86%, the maximum lost motion rate is less than 1.20%, the parasitic rotations of the motion stage (MS) are in the order of 10\u22125 rad, and the parasitic translations of the three actuated stages (ASs) are in the order of 10\u22124 of the beam length (less than 0.3% of the motion range), where the beam slenderness ratio is larger than 20. Furthermore, the nonlinear analytical models of the primary translations of the XYZ CPM, including the primary translations of the MS and the ASs, are derived and validated to provide a quick design synthesis. Moreover, two practical design schemes of the proposed XYZ CPM are discussed with consideration of the manufacturability. The practical designs enable the XYZ CPM to be employed in many applications such as micro-\/nano-positioning, micro-\/nano-manufacturing and micro-\/nano-assembly. Finally, a spatial high-precision translational system is presented based on the practical design schemes, taking the actuator and sensor integration into account.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/mi7020023","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,2,1]],"date-time":"2016-02-01T10:03:26Z","timestamp":1454321006000},"page":"23","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["A New XYZ Compliant Parallel Mechanism for Micro-\/Nano-Manipulation: Design and Analysis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"7","author":[{"given":"Haiyang","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Engineering-Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5930-5453","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Guangbo","family":"Hao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Engineering-Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Richard","family":"Kavanagh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Engineering-Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,2,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Smith, S.T. 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