Kinematic synthesis of hexapods with specified orientation capability and well-conditioned dexterity

Journal of Manufacturing Processes

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 36-47

  Huang, Tian ^a   Wang, Jinsong ^b   Gosselin, Clement M ^c   Whitehouse, David J ^d  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dextedty; Hexapods; Optimal design; Parallel manipulators; Workspace

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; MACHINE TOOLS; MANIPULATORS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION;

DEXTEDTY; HEXAPODS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; PARALLEL MANIPULATORS; WORKSPACE;

KINEMATICS;

EID: 0142255329     PISSN: 15266125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1526-6125(00)70011-9     Document Type: Article

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