Kinematic and kinetostatic synthesis of planar coupled serial chain mechanisms

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 301-312

  Krovi, Venkat ^a   Ananthasuresh, G K ^a   Kumar, Vijay ^a  

^a the State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; END EFFECTORS; KINEMATICS; MANIPULATORS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

SINGLE DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM COUPLED SERIAL CHAIN (SDCSC);

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS);

EID: 0036623789     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1464563     Document Type: Article

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