Workspace determination of general 6-d.o.f. cable manipulators

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 22, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 261-278

  Diao, Xiumin ^a   Ma, Ou ^a  

^a Horeshoe Cir Jett Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Cable manipulator; Cable robot; Force closure; Wire robot; Workspace

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; JACOBIAN MATRICES; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS;

CABLE MANIPULATORS; CABLE ROBOTS; EIGHT-CABLE MANIPULATORS; FORCE-CLOSURE; WIRE ROBOTS; WORKSPACE;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 40549097528     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: 15685535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855308X292574     Document Type: Article

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