Determination of singularities in delta-like manipulators

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-96

  Di Gregorio, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Kinematics; Mobility analysis; Parallel mechanism; Singularities

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; ROBOTS; ROTATION;

MOBILITY ANALYSIS; PARALLEL MECHANISM; SINGULARITIES;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 32644440135     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: 17413176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364904039689     Document Type: Article

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