Coordinate-free formulation of a 3-2-1 wire-based tracking device using Cayley-Menger determinants

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 355-361

  Thomas, Federico ^a   Ottaviano, Erika ^b   Ros, Lluis ^a   Ceccarelli, Marco ^b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ERRORS; GEOMETRY; KALMAN FILTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; UNIVERSAL JOINTS; VELOCITY;

CAYLEY-MENGER DETERMINANTS; COORDINATE-FREE FORMULATION; WIRE-BASED TRACKING DEVICE;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 0344013575     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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