Analysis and dimensional synthesis of the DELTA robot for a prescribed workspace

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 859-870

  Laribi, M A ^a,b   Romdhane, L ^a   Zeghloul, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

DELTA parallel robot; Genetic algorithm; Power of a point; Safety region; Synthesis; Workspace

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROBOT PROGRAMMING; ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY; ROBOTICS;

DELTA PARALLEL ROBOTS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTION; SAFETY REGION; WORKSPACE;

INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS;

EID: 33947210683     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2006.06.012     Document Type: Article

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