A geometric approach for determining exact point accessibility of robotic manipulations

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 287-293

  Rauchfuss, Jason W ^a   Yang, Daniel C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0343829311     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1286084     Document Type: Article

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