Kinematic study of a new type of spatial parallel platform mechanism

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 1A-1998, Issue , 1998, Pages

  Ebert Uphoff, Imme ^a   Gosselin, Clément M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALANCING; EQUIVALENCE CLASSES; INVERSE KINEMATICS; JACOBIAN MATRICES; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

CLOSED FORM; FIVE-BAR LINKAGES; FORWARD KINEMATICS; FORWARD KINEMATICS PROBLEM; HALF-CYLINDERS; PARALLEL PLATFORMS; SINGULARITY-FREE; STATIC BALANCING;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

EID: 77949619099     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC98/MECH-5962     Document Type: Conference Paper

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