Limiting-case analysis of continuum trunk kinematics

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1363-1368

  Jones, Bryan A ^a,b   Walker, Ian D ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM FORMULATION; CONTINUUM ROBOTIC MANIPULATORS; CONTINUUM ROBOTS; LINK SINGULARITY ANALYSIS;

MANIPULATORS; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROBOTICS;

KINEMATICS;

EID: 36348959089     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2007.363174     Document Type: Conference Paper

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