Design and optimization of 3R manipulators using the workspace features

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 439-463

  Bergamaschi, Paulo Roberto ^a   Nogueira, Antônio Carlos ^b   De Fátima Pereira Saramago, Sezimária ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Envelope; Optimization; Robot manipulator; Singularities; Workspace

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; THEOREM PROVING;

ENVELOPE; ROBOT MANIPULATOR; SINGULARITIES; WORKSPACE;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 31144457415     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2005.02.024     Document Type: Article

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