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Manipulator Performance Measures - A Comprehensive Literature Survey

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Performance measures are quintessential to the design, synthesis, study and application of robotic manipulators. Numerous performance measures have been defined to study the performance and behavior of manipulators since the early days of robotics; some more widely accepted than others, but their real significance and limitations have not always been well understood. The aimof this survey is to review the definition, classification, scope, and limitations of some of the widely used performance measures. This work provides an extensive bibliography that can be of help to researchers interested in studying and evaluating the performance and behavior of robotic manipulators. Finally, a few recommendations are proposed based on the review so that the most commonly noticed limitations can be avoided when new performance measures are proposed.

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Patel, S., Sobh, T. Manipulator Performance Measures - A Comprehensive Literature Survey. J Intell Robot Syst 77, 547–570 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10846-014-0024-y

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