Mobility analysis of lower-mobility parallel manipulators based on screw theory

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 1179-1184

  Li, Qinchuan ^a   Huang, Zhen ^a  

^a YANSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MANIPULATORS; MOTION PLANNING; NUMERICAL METHODS; VECTORS;

LOWER MOBILITY PARALLEL MANIPULATORS; MOBILITY ANALYSIS; SCREW THEORY;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0344013466     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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