Optimal kinematic design of spatial parallel manipulators: Application to linear delta robot

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 292-301

  Stock, Michael ^a   Miller, Karol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ALGORITHMS; END EFFECTORS; KINEMATICS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MOTION PLANNING; OPTIMIZATION; POLYNOMIALS; ROBOTIC ARMS;

KINEMATIC DESIGN; LINEAR DELTA ROBOT; PARALLEL MANIPULATORS; SPACE UTILIZATION INDEX;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 0037530461     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1563632     Document Type: Article

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