Optimal placement of a two-link planar manipulator using a genetic algorithm

Robotica

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-176

  Tian, Lianfang ^a   Collins, Curtis ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithm; Optimization; Robot base placement

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FUZZY SETS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; KINEMATICS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTIMIZATION; POLYNOMIALS; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROBOTIC ARMS; ROBOTS;

EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES; FUZZY SYSTEMS; JACOBIAN MATRIX; ROBOT BASE PLACEMENT;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 17044405867     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574705001694     Document Type: Article

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