Kinematic coupling interchangeability

Precision Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-15

  Hart, Anastasios John ^a   Slocum, Alexander ^a   Willoughby, Patrick ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Error; Interchangeability; Kinematic coupling; Modular; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COUPLINGS; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MOUNTINGS; PRECISION ENGINEERING;

INTERCHANGEABILITY; KINEMATIC COUPLINGS;

KINEMATICS;

EID: 0347355061     PISSN: 01416359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-6359(03)00071-0     Document Type: Article

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