Geometrical conditions for the design of partial or full isotropic hexapods

Journal of Robotic Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 507-518

  Fassi, Irene ^a   Legnani, Giovanni ^b   Tosi, Diego ^b  

^a ITIA CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DESIGN; KINEMATICS; MANIPULATORS; STIFFNESS; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

FULL ISOTROPY; HEXAPODS; PARALLEL KINEMATIC MACHINES; PARTIAL ISOTROPY;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 27844565838     PISSN: 07412223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rob.20074     Document Type: Article

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