CAT4 (cable actuated truss-4 degrees of freedom): A novel 4 DOF cable actuated parallel manipulator

Journal of Robotic Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 605-615

  Kossowski, Craig ^a   Notash, Leila ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); KINEMATICS; MOBILE ROBOTS; MOTION CONTROL;

CABLE ACTUATED TRUSS; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; ROBOT ARCHITECTURE; WORKSPACE;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 0036912746     PISSN: 07412223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rob.10064     Document Type: Article

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