Forward kinematics solution of Stewart platform using neural networks

Neurocomputing

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 333-349

  Yee, Choon Seng ^a   Lim, Kah Bin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Kinematics; Neural networks; Parallel manipulator; Robot; Stewart platform

Indexed keywords

ITERATIVE METHODS; KINEMATICS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MANIPULATORS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POLYNOMIALS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

FORWARD KINEMATICS; STEWART PLATFORM;

FEEDFORWARD NEURAL NETWORKS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CALCULATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0007414212     PISSN: 09252312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-2312(97)00048-9     Document Type: Article

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