Design of continuous backbone, cable-driven robots

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 265-271

  Li, Changquing ^a   Rahn, Christopher D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CABLES; KINEMATICS; ROBOTIC ARMS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

CABLE-DRIVEN ROBOTS;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 0036623648     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1447546     Document Type: Article

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