Jacobian, manipulability, condition number, and accuracy of parallel robots

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 199-206

  Merlet, J P ^a  

^a INRIA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); INVERSE KINEMATICS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MOTION PLANNING; OPTIMIZATION; VECTORS;

CONDITION NUMBER; JACOBIAN MATRIX; MANIPULABILITY; PARALLEL ROBOTS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 33645764657     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2121740     Document Type: Article

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