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5 - Posture Analysis by Kinematic Equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2013

John J. Uicker ,
Bahram Ravani  and
Pradip N. Sheth
John J. Uicker
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Bahram Ravani
Affiliation:
University of California, Davis
Pradip N. Sheth
Affiliation:
University of Virginia
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Matrix Methods in the Design Analysis of Mechanisms and Multibody Systems , pp. 111 - 147
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2013

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