Methodologies for the optimal design of parallel manipulators

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 131-152

  Hay, A M ^a   Snyman, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCT DESIGN; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

MANIPULATOR DESIGN;

MANIPULATORS;

DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0346505183     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.871     Document Type: Article

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