Jacobian analysis of limited-DOF parallel manipulators

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 254-258

  Joshi, Sameer A ^a   Tsai, Lung Wen ^a  

^a University of California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); KINEMATICS; SCREWS; VECTORS;

JACOBIAN ANALYSIS;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 0036623829     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1469549     Document Type: Article

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