Gravity-balancing of spatial robotic manipulators

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 39, Issue 12 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 1331-1344

  Agrawal, Sunil K ^a   Fattah, Abbas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTRIC MACHINE THEORY; FABRICATION; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; ROBOTICS;

GRAVITY-BALANCING; SPARIAL SERIAL MANIPULATORS; SPATIAL ROBOTIC MANIPULATORS; ZERO-GRAVITY ENVIRONMENTS;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 7544249780     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2004.05.019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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