Discretely actuated manipulator workspace generation using numerical convolution on the Euclidean group

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 1, Issue , 1998, Pages 742-749

  Chirikjian, G S ^a   Ebert Uphoff, I ^b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVOLUTION; ROBOTICS; ACTUATORS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FUNCTIONS; SET THEORY;

COMPUTATION TIME; CONVOLUTION PRODUCTS; EUCLIDEAN GROUP; EXPONENTIAL GROWTH; NUMERICAL APPROXIMATIONS; REAL-VALUED FUNCTIONS; SPECIAL EUCLIDEAN GROUP; WORKSPACE GENERATIONS;

MANIPULATORS;

DISCRETELY ACTUATED MANIPULATORS; SPECIAL EUCLIDEAN GROUP;

EID: 0031631372     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.1998.677062     Document Type: Conference Paper

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