Design of spherical parallel mechanisms for application to laparoscopic surgery

Robotica

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 133-138

  Li, Temei ^a   Payandeh, Shahram ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithms; Laparoscopic surgery; Spherical parallel mechanisms; Workspace study

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HAPTIC INTERFACES; MANIPULATORS;

SPHERICAL PARALLEL MECHANISMS;

ROBOT APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0036504679     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574701003873     Document Type: Article

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