Development of a spherical in-parallel actuated mechanism with three degrees of freedom with large working space and high motion transmissibility: (Evaluation of motion transmissibility and analysis of working space)

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

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 541-548

  Takeda, Yukio ^a   Funabashi, Hiroaki ^a   Sasaki, Yasutaka ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elasticity of Links; In Parallel Actuated Mechanism; Interferences of Links; Kinematic Synthesis; Kinematics; Motion Transmissibility; Robotics; Singular Point; Spherical Mechanism; Statics; Working Space

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELASTICITY TESTING; KINEMATICS; LOADS (FORCES); ROBOTICS;

MOTION TRANSMISSIBILITY; SPHERICAL IN PARALLEL ACTUATED MECHANISM (SPAM); STATICS;

SERVOMECHANISMS;

EID: 0030231444     PISSN: 13408062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/jsmec1993.39.541     Document Type: Review

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