Optimal kinematic design of a three translational DoFs parallel manipulator

Robotica

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 239-250

  Liu, Xin Jun ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Design space; Optimum design; Parallel manipulators; Singularity

Indexed keywords

MANIPULATORS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRODUCT DESIGN;

DESIGN SPACE; OPTIMUM DESIGN; PARALLEL MANIPULATORS; SINGULARITY;

KINEMATICS;

EID: 33645330441     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: 14698668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574705002079     Document Type: Article

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