Prediction of the pose errors produced by joints clearance for a 3-UPU parallel robot

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1768-1783

  Chebbi, A H ^a   Affi, Z ^a   Romdhane, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUSSE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Joint clearance; Parallel robot; Pose error; Workspace

Indexed keywords

EXTERNAL LOADS; JOINT CLEARANCE; PARALLEL MANIPULATORS; PARALLEL ROBOT; PARALLEL ROBOTS; POSE ERROR; SINGULARITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; WORKSPACE;

MANIPULATORS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 67349188928     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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