Conceptual design and dimensional synthesis for a 3-DOF module of the TriVariant - A novel 5-DOF reconfigurable hybrid robot

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 449-456

  Huang, T ^a,b   Li, M ^a   Zhao, X M ^a   Mei, J P ^a   Chetwynd, D G ^b   Hu, S Jack ^c  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual design; Dimensional synthesis; Parallel kinematic machines (PKMs); Reconfigurable manufacturing

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); KINEMATICS; MACHINE DESIGN; MECHANISMS; OPTIMIZATION;

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; DIMENSIONAL SYNTHESIS; PARALLEL KINEMATIC MACHINES; RECONFIGURABLE MANUFACTURING;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 20844435088     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2004.840908     Document Type: Article

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