Placement of robot manipulators to maximize dexterity

International Journal of Robotics and Automation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 6-14

  Abdel Malek, Karim ^a   Yu, W ^a   Yang, Jingzhou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dexterity measure; Manipulability; Manipulator placement; Reachability

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); INVERSE KINEMATICS; MANIPULATORS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POSITION CONTROL; PRODUCT DESIGN;

DEXTERITY MEASURES; MANIPULABILITY; MANIPULATOR PLACEMENT; REACHABILITY;

ROBOT APPLICATIONS;

EID: 1642475485     PISSN: 08268185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2316/journal.206.2004.1.206-2029     Document Type: Article

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