Type synthesis of 3-DOF PPR-equivalent parallel manipulators based on screw theory and the concept of virtual chain

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1113-1121

  Kong, Xianwen ^a   Gosselin, Clément M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); KINEMATICS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; ROBOTICS;

PARALLEL KINEMATICS; PARALLEL MANIPULATORS;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 28244476862     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2044787     Document Type: Article

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