A parallel x-y manipulator with actuation redundancy for high-speed and active-stiffness applications

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 3, Issue , 1998, Pages 2295-2300

  Kock, S ^a   Schumacher, W ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actuators; Control engineering; Force control; Haptic interfaces; Kinematics; Leg; Manipulators; Parallel robots; Torque control; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CONTROL ENGINEERING; FORCE CONTROL; HAPTIC INTERFACES; KINEMATICS; REDUNDANCY; ROBOTICS; STIFFNESS; TORQUE CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; END EFFECTORS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; TORQUE;

ACTUATION REDUNDANCY; FORCE TRANSMISSION; HIGH-SPEED APPLICATIONS; NOVEL CONTROL SCHEME; PARALLEL MANIPULATORS; PARALLEL ROBOTS; SINGULARITY-FREE; UNCERTAINTY;

MANIPULATORS;

FORCE TRANSMISSION ANALYSIS; PARALLEL MANIPULATORS; SINGULARITY FREE WORKSPACE;

EID: 0031621498     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.1998.680665     Document Type: Conference Paper

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