Performance measures for robot manipulators: A unified approach

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 92-111

  Van Den Doel, Kees ^a   Pai, Dinesh K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; PERFORMANCE; ROBOTS;

DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY; FORMALISM; PERFORMANCE MEASURES; REDUNDANCY MEASURES;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 0030073538     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/027836499601500106     Document Type: Article

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