A novel fully decoupled two-degrees-of-freedom parallel wrist

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 661-667

  Carricato, Marco ^a   Parenti Castelli, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decoupled motion; Parallel mechanisms; Pointing systems

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ANTENNAS; CAMERAS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); STIFFNESS; TELESCOPES;

DECOUPLED MOTION; PARALLEL MECHANISMS; POINTING SYSTEMS; SOLAR PANELS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 2942683109     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364904044077     Document Type: Article

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