Path Optimization in Robotic Welding of Plate Heat Exchangers: An Improved Ant Colony Approach
In industrial robot welding heat exchanger plate route planning, there are drawbacks to using the traditional ant colony algorithm (ACA), including poor search efficiency and a propensity to trend toward the local optimum. To address the above issues, first of all, the article introduces the improve...
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| description | In industrial robot welding heat exchanger plate route planning, there are drawbacks to using the traditional ant colony algorithm (ACA), including poor search efficiency and a propensity to trend toward the local optimum. To address the above issues, first of all, the article introduces the improved pheromone volatilization factor, which is adjustable based on iteration times in the ACA. Secondly, it combines the new perturbation strategy and the cross-mutation operation, proposes an improved genetic algorithm, and fuses it into the ACA, which increases the diversity of the ACA’s path searching and improves the ability of the local and global search. Finally, the improved ACA mechanism is verified by experiments and compared with six existing path planning algorithms (including three ACA variant algorithms and three mainstream algorithms). The experimental results show that the IACAG algorithm has excellent performance in welding heat exchanger path planning and can achieve lower calculation time and iteration times under the conditions of optimal solution and zero deviation, showing comprehensive advantages in solution quality, stability, and efficiency. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2f0ced9ae7dd4d56a60f3a0fd8fd55772025-02-03T05:32:28ZengWileyInternational Journal of Rotating Machinery1542-30342024-01-01202410.1155/2024/3176356Path Optimization in Robotic Welding of Plate Heat Exchangers: An Improved Ant Colony ApproachXianlong Chu0Xinning Li1Hu Wu2Xianhai Yang3Liyong Yang4School of Mechanical EngineeringSchool of Intelligent ManufacturingSchool of Mechanical EngineeringSchool of Mechanical EngineeringResearch and Development DepartmentIn industrial robot welding heat exchanger plate route planning, there are drawbacks to using the traditional ant colony algorithm (ACA), including poor search efficiency and a propensity to trend toward the local optimum. To address the above issues, first of all, the article introduces the improved pheromone volatilization factor, which is adjustable based on iteration times in the ACA. Secondly, it combines the new perturbation strategy and the cross-mutation operation, proposes an improved genetic algorithm, and fuses it into the ACA, which increases the diversity of the ACA’s path searching and improves the ability of the local and global search. Finally, the improved ACA mechanism is verified by experiments and compared with six existing path planning algorithms (including three ACA variant algorithms and three mainstream algorithms). The experimental results show that the IACAG algorithm has excellent performance in welding heat exchanger path planning and can achieve lower calculation time and iteration times under the conditions of optimal solution and zero deviation, showing comprehensive advantages in solution quality, stability, and efficiency.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2024/3176356 |
| spellingShingle | Xianlong Chu Xinning Li Hu Wu Xianhai Yang Liyong Yang Path Optimization in Robotic Welding of Plate Heat Exchangers: An Improved Ant Colony Approach International Journal of Rotating Machinery |
| title | Path Optimization in Robotic Welding of Plate Heat Exchangers: An Improved Ant Colony Approach |
| title_full | Path Optimization in Robotic Welding of Plate Heat Exchangers: An Improved Ant Colony Approach |
| title_fullStr | Path Optimization in Robotic Welding of Plate Heat Exchangers: An Improved Ant Colony Approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Path Optimization in Robotic Welding of Plate Heat Exchangers: An Improved Ant Colony Approach |
| title_short | Path Optimization in Robotic Welding of Plate Heat Exchangers: An Improved Ant Colony Approach |
| title_sort | path optimization in robotic welding of plate heat exchangers an improved ant colony approach |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2024/3176356 |
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