Kinetostatic design of an innovative Schönflies-motion generator

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 220, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 935-943

  Angeles, J ^a   Caro, S ^a   Khan, W ^a   Morozov, A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Kinematics; Manipulator; Parallel robot; SCARA; Sch nflies displacement subgroup

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); KINEMATICS; MANIPULATORS; ROBOTIC ARMS; ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY;

PARALLEL ROBOT; SCHONFLIES DISPLACEMENT SUBGROUP; SELECTIVE-COMPLIANCE ASSEMBLY ROBOT ARM;

ROBOTICS;

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); KINEMATICS; MANIPULATORS; ROBOTIC ARMS; ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY; ROBOTICS;

EID: 33749389940     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544062JMES258     Document Type: Article

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