A PSO algorithm for mapping the workspace boundary of parallel manipulators

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 4691-4696

  Saputra, V B ^a   Ong, S K ^a   Nee, A Y C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Multimodal optimization; Parallel manipulator; Particle swarm optimization (PSO); Stewart platform; Workspace boundary

Indexed keywords

MODIFIED PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION; MULTI-MODAL OPTIMIZATION; NOVEL METHODS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMUM VALUE; PARALLEL MANIPULATORS; PSO ALGORITHMS; STEWART PLATFORMS; WORKSPACE BOUNDARIES;

MANIPULATORS; MOTION CONTROL; ROBOTICS;

PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO);

EID: 77955792275     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509516     Document Type: Conference Paper

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