An Evolutionary Based Method for Solving the Nonlinear Gripper Problem

R. Abu-Zitar^a and A. M. Al-Fahed Nuseirat^b*

^a Faculty of Information Technology, Philadelphia University Amman, Jordan
^b Faculty of Engineering, Al-Isra Private University Amman, Jordan

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