An overview of kinematic and calibration models using internal/external sensors or constraints to improve the behavior of spatial parallel mechanisms

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 10256-10297

  Majarena, Ana C ^a   Santolaria, Jorge ^a   Samper, David ^a   Aguilar, Juan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Constraint calibration; External sensor calibration; Internal sensor calibration; Kinematic; Parallel mechanism

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION MODEL; EXTERNAL SENSORS; INTERNAL SENSORS; KINEMATIC MODEL; PARALLEL MECHANISMS; PARALLEL ROBOTS; SPATIAL PARALLEL MECHANISM; UNSOLVED PROBLEMS;

KINEMATICS; MECHANISMS; SENSORS;

CALIBRATION;

ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84871078510     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s101110256     Document Type: Review

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