The direct kinematics of parallel manipulators under joint-sensor redundancy

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 12-19

  Baron, Luc ^a,b   Angeles, Jorge ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Direct kinematics; Parallel manipulator; Polar least squares; Sensor redundancy

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REDUNDANCY; ROBOTICS;

PARALLEL MANIPULATORS; POLAR LEAST SQUARES;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 0033871988     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/70.833183     Document Type: Article

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