Systems and methods for generating a robotic path plan in a confined configuration space
US8972057B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 9, 2013 |
| Grant date | Mar 3, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 20, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S901/28
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of automatic path planning for at least one robot within a confined configuration space, the robot including an arm having a plurality of joints and an end effector coupled to the arm. The method includes entering a plurality of process points into a computer, each process point being a location wherein the arm is to be positioned to perform a task, calculating one or more inverse kinematic solutions for each process point, clustering the inverse kinematic solutions into a set of clusters, and generating collision free paths between the clusters in the confined configuration space.
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