Cartesian path generation of robot manipulators using continuous genetic algorithms

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 179-223

  Abo Hammour, Za'er S ^a   Mirza, Nasir M ^a   Mirza, Sikander M ^a   Arif, Muhammad ^a  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cartesian path generation; Continuous genetic algorithms; Inverse kinematics problem; Robot manipulators; Singularity avoidance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURVE FITTING; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INVERSE KINEMATICS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MANIPULATORS; OPTIMIZATION;

ROBOT MANIPULATORS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0037207048     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8890(02)00279-8     Document Type: Article

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