Dimensional synthesis of a spatial 3-RPS parallel manipulator for a prescribed range of motion of spherical joints

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 477-486

  Mohan Rao, Nalluri ^a   Mallikarjuna Rao, K ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

3 RPS parallel manipulator; Genetic algorithm; Simplex method; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; SPHERES;

3-RPS PARALLEL MANIPULATOR; ARCHITECTURAL PARAMETERS; DESIGN PROBLEMS; DIMENSIONAL SYNTHESES; GLOBAL SEARCHES; HYBRID METHODS; HYBRID OPTIMIZATION METHODS; LOCAL SEARCHES; NUMERICAL EXAMPLES; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; PARALLEL MANIPULATORS; PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS; RANGE OF MOTIONS; SIMPLEX METHOD; SIMPLEX METHODS; SPHERICAL JOINTS; SYNTHESIS; SYNTHESIS OF;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 56149089574     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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