An optimum design procedure for both serial and parallel manipulators

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 221, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 829-843

  Carbone, G ^a   Ottaviano, E ^a   Ceccarelli, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Manipulator design; Optimum design procedure; Robot performance; Robotics

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; JACOBIAN MATRICES; KINEMATICS; OPTIMIZATION; ROBOTICS;

MANIPULATOR DESIGN; PARALLEL MANIPULATORS; ROBOT PERFORMANCE; SERIAL MANIPULATORS;

MANIPULATORS;

ALGORITHMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; JACOBIAN MATRICES; KINEMATICS; MANIPULATORS; OPTIMIZATION; ROBOTICS;

EID: 34548247781     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954406JMES367     Document Type: Article

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