Design and testing of an ultra-high-speed cable robot

International Journal of Robotics and Automation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-34

  Dekker, R ^a,c   Khajepour, A ^a,d   Behzadipour, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Siempelkamp Canada   (Canada)

^d Department of Mechatronics Engineering ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Cable robots; Parallel mechanisms; Parallel robots; Ultra high speed robotics

Indexed keywords

CABLES; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MANIPULATORS;

CABLE ROBOTS; PARALLEL MECHANISMS; ULTRA-HIGH-SPEED ROBOTICS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 33644796899     PISSN: 08268185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2316/journal.206.2006.1.206-2824     Document Type: Article

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