A new methodology for the determination of the workspace of six-DOF redundant parallel structures actuated by nine wires

Robotica

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 113-120

  Ferraresi, Carlo ^a   Paoloni, Marco ^b   Pescarmona, Francesco ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Parallel robot; Wire actuation; Workspace

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); END EFFECTORS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

PARALLEL ROBOTS; WIRE ACTUATION; WORKSPACE;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 33846341406     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: 14698668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574706003055     Document Type: Article

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