Path trajectory verification for robot manipulators in a manufacturing environment

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 211, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 547-556

  Abdel Malek, K ^a   Yeh, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Manipulator kinematics; Robot path; Robot singularities; Trajectory planning; Trajectory verification

Indexed keywords

END EFFECTORS; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTION PLANNING; ROBOTIC ARMS;

PATH TRAJECTORY PLANNING; PATH TRAJECTORY VERIFICATION; ROBOT SINGULARITIES;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 0031357716     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954405971516491     Document Type: Article

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