Collision Avoidance for a Multiple-DOF Manipulator Based on Empty Space Analysis of the 3-D Real World
Author(s) -
Hiromu Onda,
Tsutomu Hasegawa,
Toshihiro Matsui
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of robotics and mechatronics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1883-8049
pISSN - 0915-3942
DOI - 10.20965/jrm.1992.p0430
Subject(s) - workspace , path (computing) , manipulator (device) , space (punctuation) , collision avoidance , object (grammar) , computer science , parallel manipulator , computer vision , control theory (sociology) , artificial intelligence , collision , mathematics , robot , control (management) , computer security , operating system , programming language
This paper describes a new method for finding collisionfree paths for a multiple-degree of freedom (DOF) manipulator with rotational joints and a grasped object. The method first analyzes the structure of empty space in the 3-D workspace. Based on this space analysis, the path search is divided and direction which appears to be most promising is determined in the 3-D workspace. Finally, the path search is systematically executed in the joint space in the direction equivalent to the promising direction. This method is applicable to various problems regardless of the number of degrees of freedom of the manipulator, its structure, and the presence of a grasped object.
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