Optimal design of 3R manipulators by using classical techniques and simulated annealing

Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Mecanicas/Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 293-301

  Lanni, C ^a   Saramago, S F P ^b   Ceccarelli, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Computational kinematics; Manipulator design; Optimization; Robotics; Workspace

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONSTRAINT THEORY; KINEMATICS; MANIPULATORS; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

COMPUTATIONAL KINEMATICS; MANIPULATOR DESIGN; WORKSPACE VOLUME;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0036881924     PISSN: 01007386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-73862002000400007     Document Type: Article

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