Maximal singularity-free total orientation workspace of the Gough-Stewart platform

Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1-4

  Jiang, Qimi ^a   Gosselin, Clément M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gough Stewart platform; Singularity free total orientation workspace

Indexed keywords

GOUGH-STEWART PLATFORM; ORIENTATION WORKSPACE; PARALLEL ROBOTS; SINGULARITY-FREE;

MACHINE DESIGN;

ROBOTS;

EID: 78651572364     PISSN: 19424302     EISSN: 19424310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3147200     Document Type: Article

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