Selection of manipulator system for multiple-goal task by evaluating task completion time and cost with computational time constraints

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 233-245

  Huang, Yanjiang ^a   Gueta, Lounell B ^a   Chiba, Ryosuke ^b   Arai, Tamio ^a   Ueyama, Tsuyoshi ^c   Ota, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Denso Wave Incorporated   (Japan)

Author keywords

layout design; manipulator system selection; structural configuration; task completion time

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL TIME; INTEGRATING SYSTEMS; LAYOUT DESIGNS; MANIPULATOR SYSTEMS; NEAREST NEIGHBORHOOD ALGORITHMS; RANDOM SEARCH ALGORITHM; STRUCTURAL CONFIGURATIONS; TASK COMPLETION TIME;

ALGORITHMS; COSTS; DESIGN; MOTION PLANNING; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO);

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 84876193954     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: 15685535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01691864.2013.755244     Document Type: Article

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