R-CUBE, a decoupled parallel manipulator only with revolute joints

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 467-473

  Li, Weimin ^a   Gao, Feng ^b   Zhang, Jianjun ^a  

^a HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Decoupled motion; R CUBE; Redundant constraints; Singularity

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CALIBRATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); KINEMATICS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; REDUNDANCY; ROTATION; UNIVERSAL JOINTS; VECTORS;

DECOUPLED MOTION; R-CUBE; REDUNDANT CONSTRAINT; SINGULARITY;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 13244257218     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2004.09.001     Document Type: Article

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