... Abstract The significant effect of initial configurations of flexible redundant robot manipulators is analyzed in the paper. It is found that the endpoint vibrations of a flexible redundant manipulator are quite different while performing the same endpoint trajectory starting from different...

.... This method finds multiple solutions to the Engineering Configuration Design Problem (ECDP) and proposes a simple cooperation scheme with the engineer using a Genetic Algorithm working on population of sets instead of population of individual points. In this paper four areas are addressed: • defining...

... and concepts. The Configurable Component (CC) concept is one way of describing a product platform, and is based on autonomous subsystems that are not fixed, but have a bandwidth within which they can vary. These systems are configured to fit the set of requirements resulting in product variants. Product...

... 21 03 2011 Collaborative product platform development in the supply chain faces problems not only with inefficient knowledge management and information exchange between collaborating partners, but also with configuration and carryover strategies — both of which result in large amounts...

... not only within, but also across, product platforms. In such an environment the ability to effectively and efficiently deal with how variability is achieved is an important issue. Many approaches to deal with configuration issues have been subject to extensive research and exploration. In the research...