Structure and property of the singularity loci of the 3/6-Stewart-Gough platform for general orientations

Robotica

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-84

  Huang, Z ^a   Cao, Y ^a   Li, Y W ^a   Chen, L H ^a  

^a YANSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Kinematics; Parallel mechanism; Singularity surface; Special configuration; Stewart Gough platform

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; MECHANISMS; POLYNOMIALS; ROBOTICS; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

PARALLEL MECHANISM; SINGULARITY SURFACES; SPECIAL CONFIGURATION; STEWART-GOUGH PLATFORM;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 31344448260     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: 14698668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574705001876     Document Type: Article

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