Singularity-free path planning for the Stewart platform manipulator

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 711-725

  Dasgupta, Bhaskar ^a,b   Mruthyunjaya, T S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); EFFICIENCY; MOTION PLANNING; OPTIMIZATION;

PLATFORM MANIPULATORS;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 0032131894     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-114X(97)00095-5     Document Type: Article

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