Workspace optimization of orientational 3-legged UPS parallel platforms

ASME 2002 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE2002

Volumn 5, Issue , 2002, Pages 1361-1367

  Badescu, Mircea ^a   Morman, Jeremy ^a   Mavroidis, Constantinos ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithm; Monte Carlo method; Optimal design; Parallel platforms; Workspace

Indexed keywords

CONDITION NUMBERS; DESIGN CONFIGURATIONS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; GLOBAL CONDITION INDEX; JOINT ANGLE; JOINT LIMITS; MONTE CARLO; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; OPTIMAL DESIGN CONFIGURATION; OPTIMUM DESIGNS; PARALLEL PLATFORMS; PARAMETERIZED; PERFORMANCE INDICES; TWIST ANGLES; WORKSPACE;

COOLING SYSTEMS; DESIGN; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; NUMBER THEORY; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; INVERSE PROBLEMS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 0036976721     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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