Kinematic analysis of a novel translational platform

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 308-315

  Callegari, Massimo ^a   Tarantini, Matteo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); KINEMATICS; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MOTION CONTROL; UNIVERSAL JOINTS;

REVOLUTE JOINTS; THREE DEGREES OF FREEDOM PARALLEL MECHANISM; TRANSLATIONAL PLATFORM;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 0038544521     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1563637     Document Type: Article

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