Criteria for conceptual design of reconfigurable PKM modules-theory and application

Jixie Gongcheng Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 36-41

  Huang, Tian ^a   Li, Meng ^a   Wu, Mengli ^a   Mei, Jiangping ^a   Zhao, Xueman ^a   Hu, S Jack ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Modular design; Parallel kinematic machines; Reconfigurability

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DESIGN; KINEMATICS; LINEAR ALGEBRA; MECHANISMS; MODULAR CONSTRUCTION;

MODULAR DESIGN; PARALLEL KINEMATIC MACHINES (PKM); RECONFIGURABILITY; RECONFIGURABLE PKM MODULES THEORY;

ROBOTIC ARMS;

EID: 24344453367     PISSN: 05776686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3901/jme.2005.08.036     Document Type: Article

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