Closed form solution to workspace of hexapod-based virtual axis machine tools

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 26-31

  Huang, T ^a   Wang, J ^b   Whitehouse, D J ^c  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; KINEMATICS; MACHINE TOOLS; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES;

VIRTUAL AXIS MACHINE TOOLS (VAMT);

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 0033099014     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2829424     Document Type: Article

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