Calibration of a hexapod machine tool using a redundant leg

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 489-512

  Patel, Amit J ^a   Ehmann, Kornel F ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); KINEMATICS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

HEXAPOD MACHINE TOOLS; STEWART PLATFORMS;

MACHINE TOOLS;

EID: 0033889297     PISSN: 08906955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6955(99)00081-4     Document Type: Article

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