HANA: A novel spatial parallel manipulator with one rotational and two translational degrees of freedom

Robotica

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 257-270

  Liu, Xin Jun ^a   Tang, Xiaoqiang ^a   Wang, Jinsong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Kinematics; Parallel manipulator; Rotational capability; Singularity; Workspace

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; KINEMATICS; MACHINE TOOLS; ROTATION;

PARALLEL MANIPULATORS; ROTATIONAL CAPABILITY; SINGULARITY; WORKSPACE;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 17044384944     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574704000931     Document Type: Article

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