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Manipulator arm position sensing

US4893254A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 20, 1988
Grant dateJan 9, 1990
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Expiry dateApr 20, 2008

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05B2219/40327
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of controlling the movement of an articulated arm to permit the arm to move an end point thereof more freely and more directly to a preselected target. This smoother operation is obtained by a computer calculating the change in joint angle using an iterative pseudo inverse Jacobian having a damping factor. The damping factor is adjusted for each iteration based on the distance necessary to reach said preselected target.

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