Singularities in three-legged platform-type parallel mechanisms

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 720-726

  Wen, John T ^a   O'Brien, John F ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Missile Defense Agency   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuator singularity; Parallel mechanism; Parallel robot; Platform mechanism; Singularity

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ALGORITHMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); KINEMATICS; MACHINING CENTERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MECHANISMS; SYSTEM STABILITY; UNIVERSAL JOINTS; VECTORS;

ACTUATOR SINGULARITY; PARALLEL MECHANISM; PARALLEL ROBOT; PLATFORM MECHANISM;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 0042882857     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRA.2003.814518     Document Type: Article

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