Improving feasibility of robotic milling through robot placement optimisation

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 517-525

  Vosniakos, George Christopher ^a   Matsas, Elias ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithms; Inverse dynamics; Manipulability; Robotic milling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INVERSE KINEMATICS; KINEMATICS; MACHINE TOOLS; MILLING (MACHINING); OPTIMIZATION; ROBOTICS; STIFFNESS;

CNC MACHINE TOOLS; GENETIC ALGORITHM (GAS); INVERSE DYNAMICS; INVERSE DYNAMICS MODELS; MANIPULABILITY; MILLING OPERATION; MILLING PARAMETERS; ROBOT'S WORKSPACE;

ROBOTS;

EID: 80053974668     PISSN: 07365845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcim.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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