Parametric reconfiguration improvement in non-iterative concurrent mechatronic design using an evolutionary-based approach

Parametric reconfiguration plays a key role in non-iterative concurrent design of mechatronic systems. This is because it allows the designer to select, among different competitive solutions, the most suitable without sacrificing sub-optimal characteristics. This paper presents a method based on an evolutionary algorithm to improve the parametric reconfiguration feature in the optimal design of a continuously variable transmission and a five-bar parallel robot. The approach considers a solution-diversity mechanism coupled with a memory of those sub-optimal solutions found during the process. FurtherCorresponding author. Tel.:+52 5557296000. Email address: [email protected] (E. A. Portilla-Flores), [email protected] (E. Mezura-Montes), [email protected] (J. Alvarez-Gallegos), [email protected] (C. A. Coello-Coello), [email protected] (C. A. Cruz-Villar), [email protected] (M. G. Villarreal-Cervantes) (Miguel Gabriel Villarreal-Cervantes) Preprint submitted to Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence July 13, 2010 *Text + Figure(s) + Table(s) Click here to view linked References