Synthesis of a family of regular deployable polyhedral mechanisms (DPMs)

Latest Advances in Robot Kinematics

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 123-130

  Wei, Guowu ^a   Dai, Jian S ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Constraint matrix; Deployable polyhedral mechanisms (DPMs); Eight bar linkage; Exact straight line motion; Overconstrained mechanisms

Indexed keywords

BAR LINKAGES; DEPLOYABLE POLYHEDRAL MECHANISMS (DPMS); EXACT STRAIGHT-LINE MOTION; LOOP EQUATIONS; OVER-CONSTRAINED; OVERCONSTRAINED MECHANISM; SPACE TECHNOLOGIES; SYNTHESIS METHOD;

EID: 84890848733     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4620-6_16     Document Type: Chapter

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