On the determination of boundaries to manipulator workspaces

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-72

  Abdel Malek, Karim ^a   Adkins, Frederick ^a   Yeh, Harn Jou ^a   Haug, Edward ^a  

^a IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; GEOMETRY; MANIPULATORS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; NUMERICAL METHODS;

CONTINUATION METHODS; JACOBIAN; RANK DEFICIENCY CRITERIA; WORKSPACE ANALYSIS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0031100283     PISSN: 07365845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-5845(96)00023-3     Document Type: Article

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