Conditions for line-based singularities in spatial platform manipulators

Journal of Robotic Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-55

  Hao, Fangli ^a   McCarthy, J Michael ^b  

^a LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); GEOMETRY; MANIPULATORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ROBOTIC SYSTEMS; SERIAL ROBOTIC CHAINS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0031678861     PISSN: 07412223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4563(199812)15:1<43::AID-ROB4>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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