The robust design of parallel spherical robots

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 335-343

  Al Widyan, Khalid ^a   Ma, Xiao Qing ^b   Angeles, Jorge ^b  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agile Wrist; Dual numbers; Inverse kinematics analysis; Principle of Transference; Spherical parallel robots; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

AGILE WRIST; DUAL NUMBER; INVERSE-KINEMATICS ANALYSIS; PRINCIPLE OF TRANSFERENCE; SPHERICAL PARALLEL ROBOT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

INVERSE KINEMATICS; MANUFACTURE; ROBOTS; SPHERES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 78650826461     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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