Manipulability of cooperating robots with unactuated joints and closed-chain mechanisms

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 336-345

  Bicchi, Antonio ^b   Prattichizzo, Domenico ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSED CHAIN MECHANISMS; COOPERATING ROBOTS; DEXTROUS MANIPULATION; PARALLEL ROBOTS;

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; END EFFECTORS; FORCE CONTROL; KINEMATICS; MOTION CONTROL; UNIVERSAL JOINTS;

ROBOTIC ARMS;

EID: 0034246463     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/70.864226     Document Type: Article

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