Positional control strategies for a modular, long-reach, truss-type manipulator
This dissertation proposes a new type of modular, long-reach, truss-type manipulator. Variable Geometry Trusses (VGT’s) are used to construct a reconfigurable manipulator system in which all primary members are loaded in pure tension or compression. Each module of the manipulator system is either a...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/38530 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-173031/ |