Analysis of design parameters in platform manipulators

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 526-531

  Ji, Zhiming ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); KINEMATICS; MACHINE DESIGN;

DESIGN PARAMETERS; PLATFORM MANIPULATORS; VERTEX SPACE CONCEPT;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 0030387777     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2826923     Document Type: Article

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