A general method for computing the reachable space of mechanisms

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2001, Pages 459-468

  Fuhrmann, Artur ^a   Schömer, Elmar ^b  

^a DAIMLER AG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; AUTOMATION; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAINTENANCE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PACKAGING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

BOUNDING OBJECT HIERARCHIES; PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT; DIGITAL MOCK-UP; GEOMETRIC DESCRIPTION; INTERVAL ANALYSIS; OBJECT HIERARCHY; PACKAGING PROCESS; PROBLEM ANALYSIS; SPACE REQUIREMENTS; UNSOLVED PROBLEMS;

MANIPULATORS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 1542645745     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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