Choice of riemannian metrics for rigid body kinematics

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2B-1996, Issue , 1996, Pages

  Zefran, Milso ^a   Kumar, Vijay ^a   Croke, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIE GROUPS; RIGID STRUCTURES; SCREWS;

RIEMANNIAN METRICS; RIGID BODY KINEMATICS; RIGID-BODY MOTION; SCREW MOTION; SPECIAL EUCLIDEAN GROUP; THREE DIMENSIONS; TWO PARAMETER;

GEOMETRY;

EID: 79952629253     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/96-DETC/MECH-1148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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