Design and analysis of a re-configurable parallel robot

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 191-211

  Xi, Fengfeng ^a   Xu, Younan ^b   Xiong, Guoliang ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b EAST CHINA JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); JOINTS (ANATOMY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CONSTRAINT EQUATIONS; PARALLEL ROBOT; PRISMATIC JOINTS; TRIPODS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 28044435866     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2005.04.007     Document Type: Article

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