In-parallel manipulators: A framework on how to model actuation schemes and a study of their effects on singular postures

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 2-8

  Roth, B ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

IN-PARALLEL MANIPULATORS;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 0033101144     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2829425     Document Type: Article

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