A dexterity comparison for 3-DOF planar parallel manipulators with two kinematic chains using genetic algorithms

Mechatronics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 868-877

  Kucuk, Serdar ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Condition number; Genetic algorithms; Global dexterity index; Planar parallel manipulators; Workspace of the parallel manipulators

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FLEXIBLE MANIPULATORS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; NUMBER THEORY;

CONDITION NUMBERS; GENETIC ALGORITHM (GAS); GLOBAL DEXTERITY; MECHANICAL COMPONENTS; PARALLEL MANIPULATORS; PERFORMANCE INDICES; PLANAR PARALLEL MANIPULATORS; THREE-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM (3-DOF);

KINEMATICS;

EID: 68349105012     PISSN: 09574158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechatronics.2009.04.011     Document Type: Article

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