Optimum synthesis of planar parallel manipulators based on kinematic isotropy and force balancing

Robotica

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 97-108

  Alici, Gürsel ^a   Shirinzadeh, Bijan ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Force balancing, kinematics analysis; Kinematic isotropy; Optimum mechanism synthesis; Parallel manipulator

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; FORCE MEASUREMENT; KINEMATICS; MANIPULATORS; OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY;

FORCE BALANCING; OPTIMUM MECHANISM SYNTHESIS; PARALLEL MANIPULATORS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 1242276308     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574703005216     Document Type: Article

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