Optimization techniques applied to multiple manipulators for path planning and torque minimization

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 241-252

  Garg, Devendra P ^a   Kumar, Manish ^b  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperating robots; Genetic algorithm; Path planning; Performance index; Simulated annealing; Torque minimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; END EFFECTORS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MOTION PLANNING; OPTIMIZATION; ROBOTICS; SIMULATED ANNEALING; TORQUE CONTROL;

TORQUE MINIMIZATION;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 0036625473     PISSN: 09521976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-1976(02)00067-2     Document Type: Article

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