Workspace atlases for the design of spherical 3-DOF serial wrists

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 389-405

  Liu, Xin Jun ^a,c   Wang, Jinsong ^a   Gao, Feng ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atlas; Spherical mechanisms; Workspace; Wrists

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MANIPULATORS; OPTIMIZATION; ROTATION;

SPHERICAL MECHANISMS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0038699513     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023633719043     Document Type: Article

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