Deterministic Motion Planning for redundant robots along End-Effector Paths

Author(s):  
Ana Huaman Quispe ◽  
Mike Stilman
Robotica ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 529-536
Author(s):  
Jing Zhang ◽  
Fanhuai Shi ◽  
Yuncai Liu

SUMMARYWhile a robot moves, online hand–eye calibration to determine the relative pose between the robot gripper/end-effector and the sensors mounted on it is very important in a vision-guided robot system. During online hand–eye calibration, it is impossible to perform motion planning to avoid degenerate motions and small rotations, which may lead to unreliable calibration results. This paper proposes an adaptive motion selection algorithm for online hand–eye calibration, featured by dynamic threshold determination for motion selection and getting reliable hand–eye calibration results. Simulation and real experiments demonstrate the effectiveness of our method.


Robotica ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Limin Shen ◽  
Yuanmei Wen

Abstract Repetitive motion planning (RMP) is important in operating redundant robotic manipulators. In this paper, a new RMP scheme that is based on the pseudoinverse formulation is proposed for redundant robotic manipulators. Such a scheme is derived from the discretization of an existing RMP scheme by utilizing the difference formula. Then, theoretical analysis and results are presented to show the characteristic of the proposed RMP scheme. That is, this scheme possesses the characteristic of cube pattern in the end-effector planning precision. The proposed RMP scheme is further extended and studied for redundant robotic manipulators under joint constraint. Based on a four-link robotic manipulator, simulation results substantiate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed RMP scheme and its extended one.


2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tongxiao Zhang ◽  
Mamoru Minami ◽  
Osami Yasukura ◽  
Wei Song

This paper is concerned with a concept of reconfiguration manipulability inspired from manipulability. The reconfiguration manipulability represents a shape-changeability of each intermediate link when a prior end-effector task is given. Through analyses of reconfiguration matrices, we propose a method to judge whether the plural shape-changing subtasks can be executed simultaneously or not. Then the sufficient conditions guaranteeing sustainability of reconfiguration manipulability space are presented, which are the conditions for keeping the reconfiguration manipulability as high as possible under the prior end-effector task. Further, we confirm the proposed analyses can be useful practically for evaluating the realistic manipulator's configurations and structures.


Author(s):  
V. C. Ravi ◽  
Subrata Rakshit ◽  
Ashitava Ghosal

Hyper-redundant robots are characterized by the presence of a large number of actuated joints, many more than the number required to perform a given task. These robots have been proposed and used for many application involving avoiding obstacles or, in general, to provide enhanced dexterity in performing tasks. Making effective use of the extra degrees of freedom or resolution of redundancy have been an extensive topic of research and several methods have been proposed in literature. In this paper, we compare three known methods and show that an algorithm based on a classical curve called the tractrix leads to a more ‘natural’ motion of the hyper-redundant robot with the displacements diminishing from the end-effector to the fixed base. In addition, since the actuators at the base ‘see’ the inertia of all links, smaller motion of the actuators nearer to the base results in a smoother motion of the end-effector as compared to other two approaches. We present simulation and experimental results performed on a prototype eight link planar hyper-redundant manipulator.


1986 ◽  
Vol 108 (3) ◽  
pp. 213-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Benhabib ◽  
A. A. Goldenberg ◽  
R. G. Fenton

The paper addresses the problem of end effector trajectory planning and control of seven degrees of freedom (DOF) kinematically redundant robots. An off-line optimal continuous path planning method is developed for on-line control at joint level. The specified end effector path is approximated by a set of location nodes selected on the desired path. The motion control of the robot is provided by cubic polynomial interpolation at joint level. The proposed approach to trajectory planning of kinematically redundant robots consists of obtaining an optimal set of nodes which guarantees minimum deviation from the desired Cartesian path. The redundant DOF of the robot is used as a constrained variable in the optimization search. The method is illustrated in an example.


2000 ◽  
Vol 33 (27) ◽  
pp. 315-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Benosman ◽  
G. Le Vey

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