Parallel manipulators (PMs) with multiple operation modes are novel reconfigurable PMs, which use less number of actuators and can be reconfigured without disassembly. This paper deals with the type synthesis of 2-DOF (degrees-of-freedom) PMs with both spherical translation mode and sphere-on-sphere rolling mode. A spherical translation is the 2-DOF spatial translation under which the trajectory of any point on the moving link is a sphere. A sphere-on-sphere rolling refers to the rolling of a sphere without slipping and spinning on another sphere of the same diameter. At first, a 2-DOF 3-4R overconstrained PM is proposed based on an existing 5-DOF US equivalent PM. From this 2-DOF PM, we further obtain a 3-4R PM for sphere-on-sphere rolling and a 3-4R PM for spherical translation. By finding the common conditions for the 2-DOF 3-4R PM for spherical translation and 2-DOF 3-4R PM for sphere-on-sphere rolling, the types of 2-DOF 3-4R PMs with both spherical translation mode and sphere-on-sphere rolling mode are then obtained. The 2-DOF 3-4R PMs with both spherical translation mode and sphere-on-sphere rolling mode fall into two classes. In one class of PMs with both spherical translation mode and sphere-on-sphere rolling mode, the moving platform has four instantaneous DOF in a transition configuration. In another class of PMs with both spherical translation mode and sphere-on-sphere rolling mode, the moving platform has at most three instantaneous DOF in a transition configuration. This work enriches the types of PMs with multiple operation modes and overconstrained mechanisms.

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