Spherical mechanism synthesis in virtual reality

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 515-520

  Furlong, T J ^a   Vance, J M ^b   Larochelle, P M ^c  

^a Creative Optics Inc   (United States)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; KINEMATICS; MECHANISMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

SPHERICAL MECHANISMS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 0033294521     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2829491     Document Type: Article

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