Kinematics and workspace analysis of a three-axis parallel manipulator: The Orthoglide

Robotica

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-49

  Pashkevich, A ^a   Chablat, D ^b   Wenger, P ^b  

^a BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATICS AND RADIOELECTRONICS   (Belarus)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE EN COMMUNICATIONS ET CYBERNÉTIQUE DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Inverse and direct kinematics; Parallel manipulators; Singularity; Workspace isotropy

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; KINEMATICS; UNIVERSAL JOINTS;

INVERSE AND DIRECT KINEMATICS; PARALLEL MANIPULATORS; SINGULARITY; WORKSPACE ISOTROPY;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 31344477317     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: 14698668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574704000347     Document Type: Article

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