Geometric construction of Bézier motions

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 749-755

  Ge, Q J ^a   Ravani, B ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANIMATION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; GEOMETRY; INTERPOLATION; KINEMATICS; ROTATION;

BEZIER MOTIONS; GEOMETRIC CONSTRUCTION; MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ANIMATION; ROBOT TRAJECTONY PLANNING; SCREW MOTION INTERPOLANTS;

VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

EID: 0028499355     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2919446     Document Type: Article

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