Fully isotropic four-degrees-of-freedom parallel mechanisms for schoenflies motion

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 397-414

  Carricato, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decoupled motion; Full isotropy; Kinematic singularities; Parallel mechanisms; Schoenflies motion; Theory of screws

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; STIFFNESS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DECOUPLED MOTION; FULL ISOTROPY; KINEMATIC SINGULARITIES; PARALLEL MECHANISMS;

MOTION PLANNING;

EID: 18844375082     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364905053688     Document Type: Article

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