An efficient approach to the forward kinematics of a planar parallel manipulator with similar platforms

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 647-649

  Ji, Ping ^a   Wu, Hongtao ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

Analytical solution; Forward kinematics; Parallel manipulator

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOBILE ROBOTS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

FORWARD KINEMATICS; PLANAR PARALLEL MANIPULATOR; THREE DEGREE OF FREEDOM MANIPULATOR; UNIVARIATE QUADRATIC EQUATION;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 0036703510     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRA.2002.802208     Document Type: Article

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