Kinematic analysis and singularity representation of spatial five-degree-of-freedom parallel mechanisms

Journal of Robotic Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 851-869

  Wang, Jiegao ^a   Gosselin, Clément M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); KINEMATICS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MECHANISMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; VELOCITY CONTROL;

JACOBIAN MATRICES; PARALLEL MECHANISMS; SINGULARITY LOCI; VELOCITY EQUATIONS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0031386169     PISSN: 07412223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4563(199712)14:12<851::AID-ROB3>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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