Application of line geometry and linear complex approximation to singularity analysis of the 3-DOF CaPaMan parallel manipulator

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-95

  Wolf, Alon ^a,c   Ottaviano, Erika ^b   Shoham, Moshe ^a   Ceccarelli, Marco ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CaPaMan; Line geometry; Parallel robot; Singularity

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FITS AND TOLERANCES; GEOMETRY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MOTION PLANNING; ROBOTS; UNIVERSAL JOINTS;

PARALLEL MANIPULATORS; SINGULARITY;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 0346898115     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-114X(03)00105-8     Document Type: Article

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