Workspace of parallel manipulators with symmetric identical kinematic chains

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 632-645

  Zhao, Jing Shan ^a   Chen, Min ^b   Zhou, Kai ^a   Dong, Jing Xin ^a   Feng, Zhi Jing ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Kinematic chain; Spatial parallel manipulator; Theorem; Workspace

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); GEOMETRY; KINEMATICS; THEOREM PROVING;

KINEMATIC CHAIN; SPATIAL PARALLEL MANIPULATOR; WORKSPACE;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 33645143129     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2005.09.007     Document Type: Article

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