The optimum design of 6-DOF isotropic parallel manipulators

Journal of Robotic Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 333-340

  Tsai, K Y ^a   Zhou, S R ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DESIGN; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTIMIZATION; VECTORS;

GLOBAL ISOTROPY; ISOTROPIC DESIGN; PARALLEL MANIPULATORS; SPATIAL ISOTROPY;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 20544464912     PISSN: 07412223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rob.20069     Document Type: Article

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