A geometric theory for synthesis and analysis of sub-6 DoF parallel manipulators

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 2938-2943

  Meng, J ^a   Liu, G F ^a   Li, Zexiang ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); PROBLEM SOLVING;

DESIRED END EFFECTOR MOTIONS; DOF PARALLEL MANIPULATORS; GEOMETRIC THEORY; SYNTHESIS METHODS;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 33846170073     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2005.1570560     Document Type: Conference Paper

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