A new index for the performance evaluation of parallel manipulators: A study on planar parallel manipulators

Proceedings of the World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA)

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 353-357

  Liu, Xin Jun ^a   Wu, Chao ^a   Wang, Jinsong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Parallel manipulator; Performance index; Transmissibility

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; MACHINE DESIGN; NUMBER THEORY; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS ENGINEERING;

ANALYSIS AND DESIGN; CONDITION NUMBER; CONTROL AND AUTOMATION; MANIPULABILITY; OPTIMUM DESIGNS; PAPER ADDRESSES; PARALLEL MANIPULATOR; PARALLEL MANIPULATORS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE INDEX; PLANAR PARALLEL MANIPULATORS; PLANAR STRUCTURES; SERIAL ROBOTS; THEORETICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSIBILITY;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 52149110905     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCICA.2008.4592950     Document Type: Conference Paper

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