A Geometric Algorithm to Predict the Arm Reach Posture for Computer-aided Ergonomic Evaluation

Journal of Visualization and Computer Animation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-47

  Wang, Xuguang ^a   Verriest, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a INRETS LESCO   (France)

Author keywords

Computer aided ergonomic evaluation; Computerized human model; Inverse kinematics; Posture prediction; Shoulder joint motion range

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002167412     PISSN: 10498907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1778(199801/03)9:1<33::AID-VIS174>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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