Performance evaluation of parallel manipulators: Motion/force transmissibility and its index

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1462-1476

  Wang, Jinsong ^a   Wu, Chao ^a   Liu, Xin Jun ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Parallel manipulators; Transmission index; Transmission performance

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS AND DESIGN; ANALYSIS METHOD; DEXTEROUS MANIPULATION; OPTIMAL DESIGN; PARALLEL MANIPULATORS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; SERIAL ROBOTS; TRANSMISSION PERFORMANCE;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 77955550327     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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