Structure synthesis and singularity analysis of a parallel manipulator based on selective actuation

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2004, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 4533-4538

  Jin, Yan ^a   Chen, I Ming ^a   Yang, Guilin ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE MOTION; MOTION ALIGNMENT; MOVING PLATFORMS; PARALLEL MANIPULATORS;

ACTUATORS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); END EFFECTORS; FORCE CONTROL; KINEMATICS; MOTION CONTROL; POSITION CONTROL; SERVOMOTORS; SHAFTS (MACHINE COMPONENTS);

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 3042590619     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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