Optimal Design of a 4-DOF SCARA Type Parallel Robot Using Dynamic Performance Indices and Angular Constraints

Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Liu, Songtao ^a   Huang, Tian ^a   Mei, Jiangping ^a   Zhao, Xueman ^a   Wang, Panfeng ^a   Chetwynd, Derek G ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angular constraints; Optimal design; Parallel robots; SCARA motion

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR CONSTRAINT; DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; GLOBAL DYNAMICS; KINEMATIC SINGULARITY; OPTIMAL DESIGN; PARALLEL ROBOTS; PROTOTYPE MACHINE; RIGIDBODY DYNAMICS; SCARA MOTION; TRANSMISSION ANGLE;

MACHINE COMPONENTS; MACHINE DESIGN; MECHANISMS; ROBOTS;

OPTIMAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 84863574477     PISSN: 19424302     EISSN: 19424310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4006743     Document Type: Article

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