Novel cable-suspended RoboCrane support

Industrial Robot

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 326-333

  Williams II, Robert L ^a  

^a Ohio University   (United States)

Author keywords

Industrial engineering; Motion; Robotics

Indexed keywords

CRANES; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; KINEMATICS; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS); WINCHES;

CABLE CONNECTIONS; CABLE ROBOTS; MOTION; ROBOCRANE SUPPORT;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 21244496325     PISSN: 0143991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01439910510600191     Document Type: Article

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