Fast constrained global minimax optimization of robot parameters

Robotica

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 595-605

  Stocco, L ^a   Salcudean, S E ^a   Sassani, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Global isotropy index; Minimax optimization; Pantograph robot; Robot parameter; Stewart Platform

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; END EFFECTORS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTIMIZATION; REDUNDANCY; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; VELOCITY;

GLOBAL ISOTROPY INDEX; MINIMAX OPTIMIZATION; PANTOGRAPH ROBOT; ROBOT PARAMETERS; STEWART PLATFORM;

ROBOTS;

EID: 0032203093     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574798000435     Document Type: Article

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