Kinematic and Dynamic Properties of Parallel Manipulators

Multibody System Dynamics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 223-249

  Muller A ^a   Maisser P ^a  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elastic stiffness; Kinematic stiffness; Parallel manipulators; Singularities

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044402976     PISSN: 13845640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011484402247     Document Type: Article

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