Prototypes selection by multi-objective optimal design: Application to a reconfigurable robot in sandy terrain

Industrial Robot

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 599-613

  Xu, He ^a   Zhang, Zhenyu ^a   Alipour, Khalil ^b   Xue, Kai ^a   Gao, X Z ^c  

^a HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

5th wheel; Asymmetrical and symmetrical prototype; MOO; Prototypes; Reconfigurable robot; Robots; Stability (control theory); Terramechanics

Indexed keywords

5TH WHEEL; ASYMMETRICAL AND SYMMETRICAL PROTOTYPE; MOO; PROTOTYPES; RECONFIGURABLE ROBOT; STABILITY (CONTROL THEORY); TERRAMECHANICS;

LANDFORMS; MOBILE ROBOTS; MODULAR ROBOTS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; WHEELS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 80155188062     PISSN: 0143991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01439911111179110     Document Type: Article

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