Optimal design of parallel manipulators for maximum effective regular workspace
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Abstract
Kinematic design of parallel manipulators is addressed in this paper. By observation that regular (e.g., hyper-rectangular) workspaces are desirable for most machines, we propose the concept of effective regular workspace, which reflects both requirements on the workspace shape and quality. Dexterity index is utilized to characterize the effectiveness of the workspace. The optimal design problem is then formulated to find a manipulator geometry that maximizes the effective regular workspace. Since the optimal design problem is a constrained nonlinear optimization problem without explicit analytical expressions, the controlled random search (CRS) technique, which was reported robust and reliable, is applied to numerically solve the problem. The commonly-used Stewart-Gough platform is employed as an example to demonstrate the design procedure.
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