A redundant parallel spherical mechanism for robotic wrist applications

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 129, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 891-895

  Hess Coelho, Tarcisio A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; MECHANISMS; ROBOTICS;

KINEMATIC STRUCTURES; PARALLEL SPHERICAL MECHANISM; ROBOTIC WRIST;

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 34548266520     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2735645     Document Type: Article

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