Kinematic and static analysis of a planar modular 2-DoF tensegrity mechanism

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 4193-4198

  Arsenault, Marc ^a   Gosselin, Clément M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); KINEMATICS; LOADS (FORCES); SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

EXTERNAL LOADS; MODULAR ARCHITECTURE; TENSEGRITY MECHANISM;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 33845621120     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2006.1642347     Document Type: Conference Paper

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