Double global optimum genetic algorithm–particle swarm optimization-based welding robot path planning
- 12 January 2015
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Engineering Optimization
- Vol. 48 (2), 299-316
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0305215x.2015.1005084
Abstract
Spot-welding robots have a wide range of applications in manufacturing industries. There are usually many weld joints in a welding task, and a reasonable welding path to traverse these weld joints has a significant impact on welding efficiency. Traditional manual path planning techniques can handle a few weld joints effectively, but when the number of weld joints is large, it is difficult to obtain the optimal path. The traditional manual path planning method is also time consuming and inefficient, and cannot guarantee optimality. Double global optimum genetic algorithm–particle swarm optimization (GA-PSO) based on the GA and PSO algorithms is proposed to solve the welding robot path planning problem, where the shortest collision-free paths are used as the criteria to optimize the welding path. Besides algorithm effectiveness analysis and verification, the simulation results indicate that the algorithm has strong searching ability and practicality, and is suitable for welding robot path planning.Keywords
Funding Information
- Shanghai Natural Science Foundation (14ZR1409900)
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