Scaling of direct drive robot arms

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 459-472

  Hannaford, Blake ^a   Marbot, Pierre Henry ^a   Buttolo, Pietro ^a   Moreyra, Manuel ^a   Venema, Steven ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; MANIPULATORS; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; ROBOTICS; TORQUE;

DIRECT DRIVE (DD) SERIAL ROBOTS; TORQUE TO MASS RATIO;

ROBOTIC ARMS;

EID: 0030271013     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/027836499601500503     Document Type: Article

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