The reverse displacement analysis of a tensegrity based parallel mechanism

Robotics, Automation, Control and Manufacturing: Trends, Principles and Applications - Proceedings of the 5th Biannual World Automation Congress, WAC 2002, ISORA 2002, ISIAC 2002 and ISOMA 2002

Volumn 14, Issue , 2002, Pages 637-643

  Tran, Tony ^a   Crane III, Carl D ^a   Duffy, Joseph ^a  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Parallel mechanism; Spatial compliant mechanism; Tensegrity

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE ANALYSIS; DISPLACEMENT ANALYSIS; NEW MECHANISMS; PARALLEL MECHANISMS; SPATIAL COMPLIANT MECHANISM; TENSEGRITIES; TENSEGRITY STRUCTURE;

MANUFACTURE; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANISMS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 78650238384     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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