Type synthesis of analytic translational parallel manipulators

Proceeding of the 2004 the Eleventh World Congress in Mechanism and Machine Science

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1642-1646

  Kong, Xianwen ^a   Gosselin, Clement M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analytic parallel manipulator; Forward displacement analysis; Parallel manipulator; Translational parallel manipulator; Type synthesis

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); GEOMETRY; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

CONDENSED LEGS; FORWARD DISPLACEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRIC INTERPRETATION; TYPE SYNTHESIS;

MANIPULATORS;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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