Workspace, void, and volume determination of the general 5DOF manipulator

Mechanics of Structures and Machines

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-115

  Abdel Malek, Karim ^a   Yeh, Harn Jou ^b   Khairallah, Nada ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Microtek Inc   (Taiwan)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FUNCTIONS; SET THEORY; VECTORS;

WORKSPACES;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 0033075575     PISSN: 08905452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08905459908915690     Document Type: Article

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