SUMMARYIn this paper, a numerical approach is proposed to solve the time-optimal path-planning (TOPP) problem of kinematically redundant manipulators between two end-points. The first step is to transform the TOPP problem into a nonlinear programming problem by an iterative procedure. Then an approach to find the initial feasible solutions of the problem is proposed. Since initial feasible solutions can be found easily, the optimization process of the nonlinear programming problem can be started from different points to find the global minimum. A planar three-link robotic manipulator is used to illustrate the validity of the proposed approach.
This paper presents a method of time optimal path planning under kinematic, limit heat characteristics of DC motor and dynamic constrain for a 2-DOF wheeled. Firstly the shortest path is planned by using the geometric method under kinematic constraints. Then, in order to make full use of motors capacity we have the torque limits under limit heat characteristics of DC motor, finally the velocity limit and the boundary acceleration (deceleration) are determined to generate a time optimal path.
Time-optimal Path Planning of Multi-axis CNC Processes Using Variability of Orientation