Generation and forward displacement analysis of RPR-PR-RPR analytic planar parallel manipulators

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 294-300

  Kong, Xianwen ^a   Gosselin, Clément M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; KINEMATICS; POLYNOMIALS; THEOREM PROVING;

ANALYTIC PLANAR PARALLEL MANIPULATORS (APPM);

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 0036623810     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1468224     Document Type: Article

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