Galhano, AlexandraCarvalho, J. L. Martins deTenreiro Machado, J. A.2019-03-262019-03-261991-05-22http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/13157A novel approach to the modelling of robot manipulators is presented. Usually, system descriptions are based on a set of differential equations which, due to their nature, lead to very precise results and strategies. However, they need laborious computations and, therefore, methods based on alternative mathematical concepts are required. The proposed statistical model overcomes thes problems and gives clear guidelines towards the optimization of the robot performances.engconference object