Synthesis of planar parallel mechanisms while considering workspace, dexterity, stiffness and singularity avoidance

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-78

  Arsenault, Marc ^a   Boudreau, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); OPTIMIZATION; STIFFNESS;

PASSIVE REVOLUTE JOINTS; PLANAR PARALLEL MECHANISMS; RELIABLE SYNTHESIS METHOD; STIFFNESS INDEX;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 33645796190     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2121747     Document Type: Article

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