Computational kinematics. Proceedings of the workshop held at the international conference at the Research Center for Computer Science (IBFI), Dagstuhl Castle, Germany, October 11-15, 1993 (Q1904028)

The articles of this volume will be reviewed individually. Indexed articles: \textit{Roth, Bernard}, Computations in kinematics, 3-14 [Zbl 0925.70020] \textit{Ghazvini, Masoud}, Reducing the inverse kinematics of manipulators to the solution of a generalized eigenproblem, 15-26 [Zbl 0873.70002] \textit{Kovács, Peter; Hommel, Günter}, On the tangent-half-angle substitution, 27-39 [Zbl 0887.70004] \textit{Weiss, Jürgen}, Resultant methods for the inverse kinematics problem, 41-52 [Zbl 0873.70003] \textit{Heiß, H.}, Redundancy resolution for an eight-axis manipulator, 55-66 [Zbl 0925.70044] \textit{Kauschke, Michael}, A mixed numeric and symbolic approach to redundant manipulators, 67-74 [Zbl 0871.70003] \textit{Lenarčič, Jadran}, Computational considerations on kinematics inversion of multi-link redundant robot manipulators, 75-84 [Zbl 0925.70022] \textit{Celaya, Enric; Torras, Carme}, On finding the set of inverse kinematic solutions for redundant manipulators, 85-94 [Zbl 0881.70005] \textit{Thomas, Federico}, The self-motion manifolds of the \(N\)-bar mechanism, 95-106 [Zbl 0900.70055] \textit{Connolly, Thomas H.; Pfeiffer, Friedrich}, Feedforward torque computations with the aid of Maple V, 109-117 [Zbl 0925.70021] \textit{Woernle, Christoph}, Nonlinear control of constrained redundant manipulators, 119-128 [Zbl 0881.70017] \textit{Shoham, M.; Brodsky, V.}, Analysis of mechanisms by the dual inertia operator, 129-138 [Zbl 0882.70008] \textit{Innocenti, Carlo; Parenti-Castelli, Vincenzo}, Direct kinematics in analytical form of a general geometry \(5-4\) fully-parallel manipulator, 141-152 [Zbl 0925.70046] \textit{Daniali, H. R. Mohammadi; Zsombor-Murray, P. J.; Angeles, J.}, The kinematics of 3-DOF planar and spherical double-triangular parallel manipulators, 153-164 [Zbl 0874.70004] \textit{Zanganeh, K. E.; Angeles, J.}, The semigraphical solution of the direct kinematics of general platform-type parallel manipulators, 165-173 [Zbl 0886.70007] \textit{Lazard, D.}, On the representation of rigid-body motions and its application to generalized platform manipulators, 175-181 [Zbl 0873.70006] \textit{Merlet, Jean-Pierre}, Algebraic-geometry tools for the study of kinematics of parallel manipulators, 183-194 [Zbl 0925.70019] \textit{Lloyd, J. E.}, Singularity control for simple manipulators using ``path energy'', 197-206 [Zbl 0925.70347] \textit{Kieffer, J.; O'Loghlin, B.}, An investigation of path tracking singularities for planar \(2R\) manipulators, 207-216 [Zbl 0900.70064] \textit{Heiß, H.}, Robot motions with trajectory interpolation and overcorrection, 217-228 [Zbl 0925.70045] \textit{Ge, Q. J.; Ravani, B.}, Computational geometry and motion approximation, 229-238 [Zbl 0900.70017] \textit{Innocenti, Carlo}, Analytical determination of the intersections of two coupler-point curves generated by two four-bar linkages, 251-262 [Zbl 0900.70063] \textit{Kecskeméthy, Andrés}, On closed form solutions of multiple-loop mechanisms, 263-274 [Zbl 0925.70043] \textit{Fanghella, Pietro; Galletti, Carlo}, A modular method for computational kinematics, 275-284 [Zbl 0925.70018] \textit{Park, F. C.; Murray, A. P.; McCarthy, J. M.}, Designing mechanisms for workspace fit, 295-306 [Zbl 0900.70062]