Singularity analysis and representation of the general Gough-Stewart platform

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 271-288

  Mayer St Onge, Boris ^a   Gosselin, Clément M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; MANIPULATORS; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

COFACTOR EXPANSION; GOUGH-STEWART PLATFORM; PARALLEL MANIPULATORS; SINGULARITY ANALYSIS;

ROBOTIC ARMS;

EID: 0343603366     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/02783640022066860     Document Type: Article

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