Minimum-Effort Motions for Open-Chain Manipulators with Task-Dependent End-Effector Constraints

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 213-224

  Martin, Bryan J ^a   Bobrow, James E ^b  

^a Southwest Aerospace   (United States)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; END EFFECTORS; FUNCTIONS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS;

B-SPLINE BASIS FUNCTIONS; OPEN-CHAIN MANIPULATORS;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 0033079804     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/02783649922066169     Document Type: Article

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