Direct singular positions of 3RPS parallel manipulators

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1006-1016

  Liu, C H ^a   Cheng, Shengchia ^b  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corporation   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; MANIPULATORS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MECHANISMS; POLYNOMIALS;

DIRECT SINGULAR POSITIONS; JACOBIAN MATRIX; PARALLEL MANIPULATORS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 15444372819     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1803851     Document Type: Article

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