Design of reduced DOF parallel cable-based robots

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1051-1065

  Behzadipour, Saeed ^a   Khajepour, Amir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; END EFFECTORS; FLEXIBLE MANIPULATORS; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TORQUE; WINCHES;

CABLE TENSIONS; CABLE-BASED ROBOTS; FLEXIBLE COMPONENTS; TORQUE CAPACITY;

ROBOTS;

EID: 3242696898     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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