Inverse Velocity and Singularity Analysis of Low-DOF Serial Manipulators

On November 29th, 2002, Professor Lung-Wen Tsai died peacefully at his home in Riverside, CA. Dr. Tsai was a member of our faculty since 2000. Dr. Tsai’s research interests included robotics, mechanisms and machine theory, design methodology, automotive engineering, and microelectromechanical systems. He was a Fellow of ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) and AAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science). He held numerous U.S. patents and was the author of two textbooks, 68 archival journal papers, and 95 conference papers. He was the Editor-in-Chief of the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design since 1998. Dr. Tsai was a dedicated teacher, respected by his students and fellow educators. His untimely death has been a real loss to his friends and colleagues in the Department. We will miss his leadership and vision, particularly in the area of mechanical design.