The state-of-the-art and open problems in stablizing platforms for pointing and tracking

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4701, Issue , 2002, Pages 177-188

  McInroy, J E ^a   Jafari, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FAILURE ANALYSIS; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; KINEMATICS; OPTIMIZATION; ROBOTICS; STRUTS; VIBRATION CONTROL;

PASSIVE ISOLATORS;

INTELLIGENT STRUCTURES;

EID: 0036030357     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.474656     Document Type: Conference Paper

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