Cable-driven parallel mechanisms: Application to a locomotion interface

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 130, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1023011-1023018

  Perreault, Simon ^a   Gosselin, Clément M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cable driven parallel mechanism; Design optimization; Locomotion interface

Indexed keywords

MACHINE DESIGN; MECHANISMS;

CABLE-DRIVEN PARALLEL MECHANISMS; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; INTERFACE DESIGNS; LOCOMOTION INTERFACES; MECHANICAL BASE; MECHANICAL INTERFERENCE; MOVING BODY; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; PERFORMANCE; WRENCH-CLOSURE WORKSPACE;

CABLES;

EID: 77955220303     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2965607     Document Type: Article

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