Workspace optimization of 3-legged UPU and UPS parallel platforms with joint constraints

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 291-300

  Badescu, Mircea ^a   Mavroidis, Constantinos ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVERSE KINEMATICS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MODULAR ROBOTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; UNIVERSAL JOINTS;

DESIGN PARAMETERS; JOINT CONSTRAINT; PARALLEL PLATFORMS; WORKSPACE OPTIMIZATION;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 4344717417     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1667922     Document Type: Article

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