Singularity-free fully-isotropic translational parallel mechanisms

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 161-174

  Carricato, Marco ^a   Parenti Castelli, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Constraint singularities; Direct kinematics singularities; Isotropy; Parallel mechanisms; Translational mechanisms

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); KINEMATICS; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

TRANSLATIONAL PARALLEL MECHANISMS (TPM);

ROBOTS;

EID: 0036487815     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/027836402760475360     Document Type: Article

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