Design of a reconfigurable platform manipulator

Journal of Robotic Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 341-346

  Ji, Zhiming ^a   Sons, Philip ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; FACTORY AUTOMATION; MODULAR ROBOTS;

RECONFIGURABLE PLATFORM MANIPULATOR;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 0032099858     PISSN: 07412223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4563(199806)15:6<341::AID-ROB3>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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