Kinematic and static characteristics of in-parallel actuated manipulators at singular points and in their neighborhood

JSME International Journal, Series C: Dynamics, Control, Robotics, Design and Manufacturing

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-93

  Takeda, Yukio ^a   Funabashi, Hiroaki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

In Parallel Actuated Manipulator; Kinematics; Robotics; Singular Point; Statics

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; KINEMATICS; MOTION PLANNING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRESSURE CONTROL; ROBOTICS; SCREWS;

ACTUATED MANIPULATORS;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 0030104921     PISSN: 13408062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/jsmec1993.39.85     Document Type: Article

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