On solving the forward kinematics of 3RPR planar parallel manipulator using hybrid metaheuristics

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Dear colleagues,

I would like to inform you that, Rohitash Chandra, my research partner
about EAs, and I, we have just published a paper titled:

"On solving the forward kinematics of 3RPR planar parallel manipulator
using hybrid metaheuristics"

Abstract

Hybrid metaheuristics have been applied with success in solving many
real-world problems. This work introduces hybrid metaheuristics to the
field of kinematics problem, in particular, for solving the forward
kinematics of the 3RPR parallel manipulator. It implements a
combination of genetic algorithms and simulated annealing into two
popular hybrid metaheuristic techniques. They are combined as teamwork
and relay collaborative hybrid metaheuristics and compared to the
performance of genetic algorithms and simulated annealing alone. The
results show that the meta-heuristic approaches give robust and high
quality solutions. Genetic algorithms and teamwork collaborative
metaheuristics showed better performance than simulated annealing and
relay collaborative metaheuristics. The given metaheuristic methods
obtain all the unique solutions and comparisons with algebraic methods
show promising results.

Keywords: Forward kinematics; Planar parallel manipulators; Real-coded
genetic algorithm; Simulated annealing; Teamwork collaborative hybrid
metaheuristics; Relay collaborative hybrid metaheuristics

This article has been published by the reputable journal

Applied Mathematics and Computation

and is now available on-line for download at this location:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TY8-52R7MRP-1&_user=10&_coverDate=04%2F27%2F2011&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=gateway&_origin=gateway&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=78b9523ccba69fab022a4815fd574b37&searchtype=a

Enjoy,

Luc Rolland