Type Synthesis of 3-DOF Spherical Parallel Manipulators Based on Screw Theory

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 101-108

  Kong, Xianwen ^a   Gosselin, Clément M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dependent Joint Group; Inactive Joint; Screw Theory; Spherical Parallel Manipulator; Type Synthesis

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); KINEMATICS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; SCREWS; UNIVERSAL JOINTS;

ACTUATED PRISMATIC JOINTS; SPHERICAL MOTIONS;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 1642587135     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1637655     Document Type: Article

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