Design of a Planar Parallel Robot for Optimal Workspace and Dexterity

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 176-183

  Huang, Ming Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dexterity; Optimal design; Parallel robots; Workspace

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DESIGN; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; ROBOTS;

DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; DEXTERITY; OPTIMAL DESIGN; PARALLEL ROBOTS; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PLANAR PARALLEL ROBOTS; TWO DEGREES OF FREEDOM; WORKSPACE;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 84991696901     PISSN: 17298806     EISSN: 17298814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5772/45693     Document Type: Article

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