Randomized optimal design of parallel manipulators

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 223-233

  Lou, Yunjiang ^a,b,c   Liu, Guanfeng ^a,c,d   Li, Zexiang ^a,b,c  

^a IEEE

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled random search; Effective regular workspace; Optimal design; Parallel manipulators

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; MACHINE DESIGN; MANIPULATORS; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

CONTROLLED RANDOM SEARCH; EFFECTIVE REGULAR WORKSPACE; PARALLEL MANIPULATORS;

PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 41949132675     PISSN: 15455955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASE.2007.909446     Document Type: Article

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