Static and stiffness analyses of a class of over-constrained parallel manipulators with legs of Type US and UPS

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 561-567

  Vertechy, Rocco ^a   Parenti Castelli, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

CARTESIAN STIFFNESS MATRIX; ELASTIC POTENTIAL ENERGY; PARALLEL MANIPULATORS; SINGULAR PARALLEL MECHANISMS;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 36349034615     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2007.363046     Document Type: Conference Paper

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