A differential-geometric analysis of singularities of point trajectories of serial and parallel manipulators

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 80-89

  Ghosal, Ashitava ^a   Ravani, Bahram ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b University of California   (United States)

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EID: 1542673874     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1325008     Document Type: Article

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