Workspace analysis and optimal design of a 3-Leg 6-DOF parallel platform mechanism

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 954-966

  Monsarrat, Bruno ^a   Gosselin, Clément M ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Design; Optimization; Parallel manipulator; Singularity free workspace

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); KINEMATICS; OPTIMIZATION; ROOT LOCI; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

PARALLEL MANIPULATOR; SINGULARITY FREE WORKSPACE; SIX DEGREE OF FREEDOM PARALLEL PLATFORM MECHANISM; WORKSPACE ANALYSIS;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 0442295571     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRA.2003.819603     Document Type: Article

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