A method for structure synthesis of reconfigurable mechanisms based on genetic optimization algorithm

Author

Ma, Lu-Zhong ; Liu, An-Xin ; Shen, Hui-ping ; Yang, Ting-li

Author_Institution

Sch. of Mechanism Eng., Jiangsu Univ., Zhenjiang, China

fYear

2009

fDate

22-24 June 2009

Firstpage

148

Lastpage

152

Abstract

Structure synthesis method for reconfigurable mechanism based on genetic optimization algorithm is proposed in this paper. Main characteristics of this method include: (1) POC matrix of the mechanism corresponding to different motion stage of the reconfigurable mechanism is used as the objective function. (2) design variables are determined based on the influence of three basic topological structure elements over POC matrix. (3) According to the genetic optimization algorithm, more than one solution may usually be obtained. The optimum reconfigurable mechanism may be selected based on other engineering requirements. An example is given to illustrate the synthesis procedure.

Keywords

design engineering; genetic algorithms; matrix algebra; structural engineering; topology; POC matrix; design variable; engineering requirements; genetic optimization algorithm; motion stage; optimum reconfigurable mechanism; structure synthesis method; topological structure; Algorithm design and analysis; Constraint theory; Design optimization; Genetic engineering; Kinematics; Optimization methods; Parallel robots; Petrochemicals; Programmable logic arrays; Topology; Genetic Optimization Algorithm; Reconfigurable Mechanisms; Structure Synthesis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots, 2009. ReMAR 2009. ASME/IFToMM International Conference on

Conference_Location

London

Print_ISBN

978-88-89007-37-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-876346-58-4

Type

conf

Filename

5173823