The synthesis of planar parallel manipulators with a genetic algorithm

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 533-537

  Boudreau, R ^a   Gosselin, C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MANIPULATORS; OPTIMIZATION; ROBOTICS;

PARALLEL MANIPULATORS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 0033294357     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2829494     Document Type: Article

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