Assembly configurations of planar multi-loop mechanisms with kinematic limitations

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 747-754

  Foster, David E ^a   Cipra, Raymond J ^b  

^a CATERPILLAR INC   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY; UNIVERSAL JOINTS;

ASSEMBLY CONFIGURATIONS; LINK INTERFERENCE; MULTI-LOOP MECHANISMS;

KINEMATICS;

EID: 33746447848     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2202143     Document Type: Article

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