Characterization of the self-motion set of the orthogonal spherical mechanism

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-88

  Castellet, Albert ^a   Thomas, Federico ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE ROBÒTICA I INFORMÀTICA INDUSTRIAL CSIC UPC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); EQUATIONS OF MOTION; INVERSE KINEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROTATION;

ORTHOGONAL SPHERICAL MECHANISMS; SINGLE LOOP SPECIAL MECHANISMS;

MECHANISMS;

EID: 0032795812     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-114X(98)00004-4     Document Type: Article

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