On the design of zero reaction manipulators

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 372-376

  Papadopoulos, E ^a   Abu Abed, A ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b General Electric Company Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); END EFFECTORS; FORCE MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL METHODS; ROBOTICS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TORQUE MEASUREMENT;

FORCE ANALYSIS; FORCE TRANSMISSION; MOMENT BALANCING; MOMENT TRANSMISSION ANALYSIS; REACTIONLESS WORKSPACES; TORQUE TRANSMISSION; ZERO REACTION MANIPULATORS;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 0030247783     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2826895     Document Type: Article

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