Minimal realizations of spatial stiffnesses with parallel or serial mechanisms having concurrent axes

Journal of Robotic Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 135-146

  Huang, Shuguang ^a   Schimmels, Joseph M ^a  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; ROBOTICS; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

CONCURRENT AXES; ELASTIC MECHANISMS;

SERVOMECHANISMS;

EID: 0035280699     PISSN: 07412223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rob.1011     Document Type: Article

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