Construction, mobility analysis and synthesis of polyhedra with articulated faces

Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Laliberté, Thierry ^a   Gosselin, Clément ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIGID STRUCTURES;

FULL CYCLES; MOBILITY ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL MODEL; POLYHEDRAL FRAMEWORK;

GEOMETRY;

EID: 84906966931     PISSN: 19424302     EISSN: 19424310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4025859     Document Type: Article

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