Inverse position analysis, workspace determination and position synthesis of parallel manipulators with 3-RSR topology

Robotica

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 627-632

  Di Gregorio, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Kinematics; Parallel mechanisms; Position analysis; Workspace

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); END EFFECTORS; KINEMATICS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MOTION PLANNING; TOPOLOGY;

INVERSE POSITION ANALYSIS; PARALLEL MANIPULATORS; POSITION SYNTHESIS; WORKSPACE;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 0345412546     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574703005174     Document Type: Article

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