Design and kinematic analysis of a rotary positioner

Robotica

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-85

  Shchokin, Borys ^a   Janabi Sharifi, Farrokh ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Kinematics; Optimization; Parallel manipulator; Parametrical synthesis; Workspace

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; INVERSE KINEMATICS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POSITION CONTROL;

PARALLEL MANIPULATORS; PARAMETRICAL SYNTHESIS; ROTARY POSITIONERS (RP);

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 33846353821     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: 14698668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574706003006     Document Type: Article

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