Obstacle Avoidance in Operational Configuration Space Kinematic Control of Redundant Serial Manipulators

Kinematic control of redundant serial manipulators has been carried out for the past half century based primarily on a generalized inverse velocity formulation that is known to have mathematical deficiencies. A recently developed inverse kinematic configuration mapping is employed in an operational...

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Main Authors: Adrian Peidro, Edward J. Haug
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-12-01
Series:Machines
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1702/12/1/10
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Summary:Kinematic control of redundant serial manipulators has been carried out for the past half century based primarily on a generalized inverse velocity formulation that is known to have mathematical deficiencies. A recently developed inverse kinematic configuration mapping is employed in an operational configuration space differentiable manifold formulation for redundant-manipulator kinematic control with obstacle avoidance. This formulation is shown to resolve deficiencies in the generalized inverse velocity formulation, especially for high-degree-of-redundancy manipulators. Tracking a specified output trajectory while avoiding obstacles for four- and twenty-degree-of-redundancy manipulators is carried out to demonstrate the effectiveness of the differentiable manifold approach for applications with a high degree of redundancy and to show that it indeed resolves deficiencies of the conventional generalized inverse velocity formulation in challenging applications.
ISSN:2075-1702