Optimal design of a new spatial 3-DOF parallel robot with respect to a frame-free index

Science in China, Series E: Technological Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 986-999

  Wang, Jinsong ^a   Liu, Xinjun ^a   Wu, Chao ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Index; Motion force transmission; Optimal design; Parallel robots; Transmission angle

Indexed keywords

NUMBER THEORY; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

INDEX; MOTION/FORCE TRANSMISSION; OPTIMAL DESIGN; PARALLEL ROBOTS; TRANSMISSION ANGLE;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 63349093152     PISSN: 10069321     EISSN: 1862281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11431-008-0305-4     Document Type: Article

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