Design of a parallel robotic manipulator using evolutionary computing

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lopes, António M ^a   Pires, E J Solteiro ^b   Barbosa, Manuel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Genetic Algorithm; Neural Network; Optimization; Parallel Manipulator; Robotics

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE MANIPULATORS; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; INVERSE KINEMATICS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NUMBER THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; ROBOTICS; DESIGN;

EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTING; GENETIC-ALGORITHM OPTIMIZATIONS; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; NEURAL NETWORK MODEL; NEURO-GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; PARALLEL MANIPULATORS; STRUCTURAL CONFIGURATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL BURDEN; CONDITION NUMBERS; JACOBIANS; KINEMATIC DESIGNS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; PARALLEL ROBOTICS; ROBOT'S WORKSPACE; SEARCH PROCESS;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84862026669     PISSN: 17298806     EISSN: 17298814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5772/50922     Document Type: Article

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