Extreme reaches and reachable workspace analysis of general parallel robotic manipulators

Journal of Robotic Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 145-159

  Wang, Li Chun T ^a   Hsieh, Jen Hsing ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; END EFFECTORS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION;

EXTREME REACHES; REACHABLE WORKSPACE; SEQUENTIAL MINIMIZATION ALGORITHM;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 0032028268     PISSN: 07412223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4563(199803)15:3<145::AID-ROB3>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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