Singularity Analysis of Closed-Loop Kinematic Chains

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 281-290

  Gosselin, Clement ^a   Angeles, Jorge ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS--MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--MATRIX ALGEBRA; ROBOTS, INDUSTRIAL--MANIPULATORS;

CLOSED LOOP KINEMATIC CHAINS; JACOBIAN MATRICES; PLANAR RRRP MECHANISM; SINGULARITIES CLASSIFICATION; SINGULARITY ANALYSIS; WATT AND STEPHENSEN LINKAGES;

MECHANISMS;

EID: 0025445470     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/70.56660     Document Type: Article

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