Kinematic investigation of the deployable Bennett Loop

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 602-610

  Baker, J Eddie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Four bar linkage; Kinematic geometry; Linkage mobility; Overconstrained linkage; Spatial kinematics; Spatial linkage

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; KINEMATICS; ROBOTICS;

BENNETT LINKAGE; FOUR-BAR LINKAGE; KINEMATIC GEOMETRY; LINKAGE MOBILITY; OVERCONSTRAINED LINKAGE; SPATIAL KINEMATICS; SPATIAL LINKAGE;

ROBOTS;

EID: 34250667939     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2717229     Document Type: Article

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