Galhano, AlexandraCarvalho, J. L. Martins deTenreiro Machado, J. A.2019-04-082019-04-081991-07-22http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/13459A novel approach to the modelling of manipulators is presented. Usually, system descriptions are based on differential equations which lead to very precise results but need laborious computations. The statistical modelling overcomes these problems and gives clear guidelines towards performance optimization.engconference object