Kinematics of the 3-UPU wrist

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 253-263

  Di Gregorio, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Manipulators; Parallel mechanisms; Parallel wrists

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); END EFFECTORS; MANIPULATORS; STIFFNESS;

PARALLEL WRISTS;

KINEMATICS;

EID: 0037349215     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-114X(02)00066-6     Document Type: Article

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