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Book Optimal Trajectory Planning of Robotic Manipulators

Download or read book Optimal Trajectory Planning of Robotic Manipulators written by Sunil Kumar Singh and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Optimal Trajectory Planning for Robotic Manipulators

Download or read book Optimal Trajectory Planning for Robotic Manipulators written by Inna Ben-Zvi and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Optimal Trajectory Planning for Robotic Manipulators in the Presence of Obstacles

Download or read book Optimal Trajectory Planning for Robotic Manipulators in the Presence of Obstacles written by Yao-Chon Chen and published by University of Waterloo, Department of Electrical Engineering. This book was released on 1988 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Modern Robotics

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  • Author : Kevin M. Lynch
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2017-05-25
  • ISBN : 1107156300
  • Pages : 545 pages

Download or read book Modern Robotics written by Kevin M. Lynch and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern and unified treatment of the mechanics, planning, and control of robots, suitable for a first course in robotics.

Book Trajectory Planning for Automatic Machines and Robots

Download or read book Trajectory Planning for Automatic Machines and Robots written by Luigi Biagiotti and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-10-23 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the problems related to planning motion laws and t- jectories for the actuation system of automatic machines, in particular for those based on electric drives, and robots. The problem of planning suitable trajectories is relevant not only for the proper use of these machines, in order to avoid undesired e?ects such as vibrations or even damages on the mech- ical structure, but also in some phases of their design and in the choice and sizing of the actuators. This is particularly true now that the concept of “el- tronic cams” has replaced, in the design of automatic machines, the classical approach based on “mechanical cams”. The choice of a particular trajectory has direct and relevant implications on several aspects of the design and use of an automatic machine, like the dimensioning of the actuators and of the reduction gears, the vibrations and e?orts generated on the machine and on the load, the tracking errors during the motion execution. For these reasons, in order to understand and appreciate the peculiarities of the di?erent techniques available for trajectory planning, besides the ma- ematical aspects of their implementation also a detailed analysis in the time and frequency domains, a comparison of their main properties under di?erent points of view, and general considerations related to their practical use are reported.

Book Convex Optimization Approach to Optimal Trajectory Planning for Robotic Manipulators

Download or read book Convex Optimization Approach to Optimal Trajectory Planning for Robotic Manipulators written by Pedro Reynoso Mora and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Heuristic methods for optimal trajectory planning of robotic manipulators

Download or read book Heuristic methods for optimal trajectory planning of robotic manipulators written by Lyman J. Petrosky and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Optimal Trajectory Planning for Robotic Manipulators

Download or read book Optimal Trajectory Planning for Robotic Manipulators written by Lang Cheng and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book On the Time optimal Trajectory Planning Along Predetermined Geometric Paths and Optimal Control Synthesis for Trajectory Tracking of Robot Manipulators

Download or read book On the Time optimal Trajectory Planning Along Predetermined Geometric Paths and Optimal Control Synthesis for Trajectory Tracking of Robot Manipulators written by Pedro Reynoso Mora and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this dissertation, we study two important subjects in robotics: (i) time-optimal trajectory planning, and (ii) optimal control synthesis methodologies for trajectory tracking. In the first subject, we concentrate on a rather specific sub-class of problems, the time-optimal trajectory planning along predetermined geometric paths. In this kind of problem, a purely geometric path is already known, and the task is to find out how to move along this path in the shortest time physically possible. In order to generate the true fastest solutions achievable by the actual robot manipulator, the complete nonlinear dynamic model should be incorporated into the problem formulation as a constraint that must be satisfied by the generated trajectories and feedforward torques. This important problem was studied in the 1980s, with many related methods for addressing it based on the so-called velocity limit curve and variational methods. Modern formulations directly discretize the problem and obtain a large-scale mathematical optimization problem, which is a prominent approach to tackle optimal control problems that has gained popularity over variational methods, mainly because it allows to obtain numerical solutions for harder problems. We contribute to the referred problem of time-optimal trajectory planning, by extending and improving the existing mathematical optimization formulations. We successfully incorporate the complete nonlinear dynamic model, including viscous friction because for the fastest motions it becomes even more significant than Coulomb friction; of course, Coulomb friction is likewise accommodated for in our formulation. We develop a framework that guarantees exact dynamic feasibility of the generated time-optimal trajectories and feedforward torques. Our initial formulation is carefully crafted in a rather specific manner, so that it allows to naturally propose a convex relaxation that solves exactly the original problem formulation, which is non-convex and therefore hard to solve. In order to numerically solve the proposed formulation, a discretization scheme is also developed. Unlike traditional and modern formulations, we motivate the incorporation of additional criteria to our original formulation, with simulation and experimental studies of three crucial variables for a 6-axis industrial manipulator. Namely, the resulting applied torques, the readings of a 3-axis accelerometer mounted at the manipulator end-effector, and the detrimental effects on the tracking errors induced by pure time-optimal solutions. We therefore emphasize the significance of penalizing a measure of total jerk and of imposing acceleration constraints. These two criteria are incorporated without destroying convexity. The final formulation generates near time-optimal trajectories and feedforward torques with traveling times that are slightly larger than those of pure time-optimal solutions. Nevertheless, the detrimental effects induced by pure time-optimality are eliminated. Experimental results on a 6-axis industrial manipulator confirm that our formulation generates the fastest solutions that can actually be implemented in the real robot manipulator. Following the work done on near time-optimal trajectories, we explore two controller synthesis methodologies for trajectory tracking, which are more suitable to achieve trajectory-tracking under such fast trajectories. In the first approach, we approximate the discrete-time nonlinear dynamics of robot manipulators, moving along the state-reference trajectory, as an affine time-varying (ATV) dynamical system in discrete-time. Therefore, the problem of trajectory tracking for robot manipulators is posed as a linear quadratic (LQ) optimal control problem for a class of discrete-time ATV dynamical systems. Then, an ATV control law to achieve trajectory tracking on the ATV system is developed, which uses LQ methods for linear time-varying (LTV) systems. Since the ATV dynamical system approximates the nonlinear robot dynamics along the state-reference trajectory, the resulting time-varying control law is suitable to achieve trajectory tracking on the robot manipulator. The ATV control law is implemented in experiments for the 6-axis industrial manipulator, tracking the near time-optimal trajectory. Experimental results verify the better performance achieved with the ATV control law, but also expose its shortcomings. The second approach to address trajectory tracking is related in spirit, but different in crucial aspects, which ultimately endow this approach with its superior features. In this novel approach, the highly nonlinear dynamic model of robot manipulators, moving along a state-reference trajectory, is approximated as a class of piecewise affine (PWA) dynamical systems. We propose a framework to construct the referred PWA system, which consists in: (i) choosing strategic operating points on the state-reference trajectory with their respective (local) linearized system dynamics, (ii) constructing ellipsoidal regions centered at the operating points, whose purpose is to facilitate the scheduling strategy of controller gains designed for each local dynamics. Likewise, in order to switch controller gains as the robot state traverses in the direction of the state-reference trajectory, a simple scheduling strategy is proposed. The controller synthesis near each operating point is an LQR-type that takes into account the local coupled dynamics. The referred PWA control law is implemented in experiments for the 6-axis manipulator tracking the near time-optimal trajectory. The experimental results show the feasibility and superiority of the PWA control law over the typical PID controller and the ATV control law.

Book Repetitive Motion Planning and Control of Redundant Robot Manipulators

Download or read book Repetitive Motion Planning and Control of Redundant Robot Manipulators written by Yunong Zhang and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Repetitive Motion Planning and Control of Redundant Robot Manipulators presents four typical motion planning schemes based on optimization techniques, including the fundamental RMP scheme and its extensions. These schemes are unified as quadratic programs (QPs), which are solved by neural networks or numerical algorithms. The RMP schemes are demonstrated effectively by the simulation results based on various robotic models; the experiments applying the fundamental RMP scheme to a physical robot manipulator are also presented. As the schemes and the corresponding solvers presented in the book have solved the non-repetitive motion problems existing in redundant robot manipulators, it is of particular use in applying theoretical research based on the quadratic program for redundant robot manipulators in industrial situations. This book will be a valuable reference work for engineers, researchers, advanced undergraduate and graduate students in robotics fields. Yunong Zhang is a professor at The School of Information Science and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; Zhijun Zhang is a research fellow working at the same institute.

Book Optimal Path Planning for Multi arm  Multi link Robotic Manipulators

Download or read book Optimal Path Planning for Multi arm Multi link Robotic Manipulators written by Joseph A. Cascio and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work investigates the problem of robotic arm control with the goal of achieving given performance requirements by solving for the optimal joint trajectories and corresponding controls for tasks, such as point-to-point positioning. The resulting optimal control problem is highly nonlinear and constrained due to the nonlinearities in the robotic arm dynamics and kinodynamic constraints including limits on joint velocities and actuator torques. This thesis illustrates the applicability of pseudospectral methods to solve the optimal path planning problem for a system of multi-link, multi-degree of freedom robotic arms. The optimal control problem is defined in standard form and solved using the software package DIDO. Pontryagin's Minimum Principle is used to verify that the proposed solution satisfies the necessary conditions for optimality. A particularly challenging aspect that is explored is the optimal motion of multiple arms conducting independent tasks with the risk of collision. Collision avoidance can be achieved by modeling appropriate path constraints. The processes for optimal trajectory planning are developed for a single two degree-of-freedom manipulator conducting point-to-point positioning and extended to include dual three degree-of-freedom manipulator maneuvers employing collision avoidance. The results demonstrate the suitability of pseudospectral techniques to solving the minimum time and minimum control maneuvers for robotic arms. The employment of collision avoidance techniques will facilitate continued research in autonomous robotic motion planning using optimal control criteria in multiple arm systems.

Book Robot Manipulator Redundancy Resolution

Download or read book Robot Manipulator Redundancy Resolution written by Yunong Zhang and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-11-13 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces a revolutionary, quadratic-programming based approach to solving long-standing problems in motion planning and control of redundant manipulators This book describes a novel quadratic programming approach to solving redundancy resolutions problems with redundant manipulators. Known as ``QP-unified motion planning and control of redundant manipulators'' theory, it systematically solves difficult optimization problems of inequality-constrained motion planning and control of redundant manipulators that have plagued robotics engineers and systems designers for more than a quarter century. An example of redundancy resolution could involve a robotic limb with six joints, or degrees of freedom (DOFs), with which to position an object. As only five numbers are required to specify the position and orientation of the object, the robot can move with one remaining DOF through practically infinite poses while performing a specified task. In this case redundancy resolution refers to the process of choosing an optimal pose from among that infinite set. A critical issue in robotic systems control, the redundancy resolution problem has been widely studied for decades, and numerous solutions have been proposed. This book investigates various approaches to motion planning and control of redundant robot manipulators and describes the most successful strategy thus far developed for resolving redundancy resolution problems. Provides a fully connected, systematic, methodological, consecutive, and easy approach to solving redundancy resolution problems Describes a new approach to the time-varying Jacobian matrix pseudoinversion, applied to the redundant-manipulator kinematic control Introduces The QP-based unification of robots' redundancy resolution Illustrates the effectiveness of the methods presented using a large number of computer simulation results based on PUMA560, PA10, and planar robot manipulators Provides technical details for all schemes and solvers presented, for readers to adopt and customize them for specific industrial applications Robot Manipulator Redundancy Resolution is must-reading for advanced undergraduates and graduate students of robotics, mechatronics, mechanical engineering, tracking control, neural dynamics/neural networks, numerical algorithms, computation and optimization, simulation and modelling, analog, and digital circuits. It is also a valuable working resource for practicing robotics engineers and systems designers and industrial researchers.

Book Motion Planning for Humanoid Robots

Download or read book Motion Planning for Humanoid Robots written by Kensuke Harada and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-08-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research on humanoid robots has been mostly with the aim of developing robots that can replace humans in the performance of certain tasks. Motion planning for these robots can be quite difficult, due to their complex kinematics, dynamics and environment. It is consequently one of the key research topics in humanoid robotics research and the last few years have witnessed considerable progress in the field. Motion Planning for Humanoid Robots surveys the remarkable recent advancement in both the theoretical and the practical aspects of humanoid motion planning. Various motion planning frameworks are presented in Motion Planning for Humanoid Robots, including one for skill coordination and learning, and one for manipulating and grasping tasks. The problem of planning sequences of contacts that support acyclic motion in a highly constrained environment is addressed and a motion planner that enables a humanoid robot to push an object to a desired location on a cluttered table is described. The main areas of interest include: • whole body motion planning, • task planning, • biped gait planning, and • sensor feedback for motion planning. Torque-level control of multi-contact behavior, autonomous manipulation of moving obstacles, and movement control and planning architecture are also covered. Motion Planning for Humanoid Robots will help readers to understand the current research on humanoid motion planning. It is written for industrial engineers, advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Book Advances in Robot Kinematics 2018

Download or read book Advances in Robot Kinematics 2018 written by Jadran Lenarcic and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-06-22 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the proceedings of ARK 2018, the 16th International Symposium on Advances in Robot Kinematics, that was organized by the Group of Robotics, Automation and Biomechanics (GRAB) from the University of Bologna, Italy. ARK are international symposia of the highest level organized every two years since 1988. ARK provides a forum for researchers working in robot kinematics and stimulates new directions of research by forging links between robot kinematics and other areas.The main topics of the symposium of 2018 were: kinematic analysis of robots, robot modeling and simulation, kinematic design of robots, kinematics in robot control, theories and methods in kinematics, singularity analysis, kinematic problems in parallel robots, redundant robots, cable robots, over-constrained linkages, kinematics in biological systems, humanoid robots and humanoid subsystems.

Book Computational Optimal Control

Download or read book Computational Optimal Control written by Roland Bulirsch and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resources should be used sparingly both from a point of view of economy and eco logy. Thus in controlling industrial, economical and social processes, optimization is the tool of choice. In this area of applied numerical analysis, the INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF AUTOMATIC CONTROL (IFAC) acts as a link between research groups in universities, national research laboratories and industry. For this pur pose, the technical committee Mathematics of Control of IFAC organizes biennial conferences with the objective of bringing together experts to exchange ideas, ex periences and future developments in control applications of optimization. There should be a genuine feedback loop between mathematicians, computer scientists, engineers and software developers. This loop should include the design, application and implementation of algorithms. The contributions of industrial practitioners are especially important. These proceedings contain selected papers from a workshop on CONTROL Ap PLICATIONS OF OPTIMIZATION, which took place at the Fachhochschule Miinchen in September 1992. The workshop was the ninth in a series of very successful bien nial meetings, starting with the Joint Automatic Control Conference in Denver in 1978 and followed by conferences in London, Oberpfaffenhofen, San Francisco, Ca pri, Tbilisi and Paris. The workshop was attended by ninety researchers from four continents. This volume represents the state of the art in the field, with emphasis on progress made since the publication of the proceedings of the Capri meeting, edited by G. di Pillo under the title 'Control Applications of Optimization and Nonlinear Programming'.