Control of flexible-link robots manipulating large payloads: Theory and experiments

Journal of Robotic Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 255-271

  Christoforou, Eftychios G ^a   Damaren, Christopher J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MACHINE VIBRATIONS; ROBOTIC ARMS;

FLEXIBLE-MULTILINK ROBOTS;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 0033905339     PISSN: 07412223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4563(200005)17:5<255::AID-ROB3>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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