Time-optimal extension and retraction of robots: Numerical analysis of the switching structure

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Autoren

  • M. C. Steinbach
  • Hans Georg Bock
  • R. W. Longman

Externe Organisationen

  • Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR)
  • Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
  • Columbia University
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)589-616
Seitenumfang28
FachzeitschriftJournal of Optimization Theory and Applications
Jahrgang84
Ausgabenummer3
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - März 1995
Extern publiziertJa

Abstract

The problem of the time-optimal control of robot manipulators is of importance because of its potential for increasing the productivity of assembly lines. This work is part of a series of papers by the authors on this topic using direct and indirect methods of optimization. A cylindrical robot or a spherical polar robot constrained to the horizontal plane is considered, and optimal solutions for radial maneuvers are generated. Indirect methods are employed in order to establish the switching structure of the solutions. The results show that even such apparently simple maneuvers as extension or retraction of a robot with a prismatic joint can produce very complex optimal solutions. Time-optimal retraction can exhibit ten different switching structures with eight switching points and two singular arcs.

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Time-optimal extension and retraction of robots: Numerical analysis of the switching structure. / Steinbach, M. C.; Bock, Hans Georg; Longman, R. W.
in: Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Jahrgang 84, Nr. 3, 03.1995, S. 589-616.

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Steinbach, M. C. ; Bock, Hans Georg ; Longman, R. W. / Time-optimal extension and retraction of robots : Numerical analysis of the switching structure. in: Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications. 1995 ; Jahrgang 84, Nr. 3. S. 589-616.
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