Over-constrained rigid multibody systems: Differential kinematics, and fault tolerance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4701, Issue , 2002, Pages 189-199

  Yi, Yong ^a   McInroy, John E ^a   Chen, Yixin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Fault tolerance; Kinematics; Over constrained

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FAILURE ANALYSIS; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); KINEMATICS;

MULTIBODY SYSTEMS;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 0036030664     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.474658     Document Type: Conference Paper

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