Analytical identification of limb structures for translational parallel manipulators

Journal of Robotic Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 209-218

  Fang, Yuefa ^a   Tsai, Lung Wen ^b  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of California Riverside   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; UNIVERSAL JOINTS;

LIMB STRUCTURES; TRANSLATIONAL PARALLEL MANIPULATORS;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 2542563630     PISSN: 07412223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rob.20010     Document Type: Article

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