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A Hierarchical Distributed Path Planning for Redundant Manipulators Based on Virtual Arm
Toshio Tsuji and Koji Ito*
Faculty of Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 724 Japan
*Toyohashi University of Technology, 1-1, Hibarigaoka, Tempaku-cho, Toyohashi, Aichi 441, Japan
Received:March 3, 1992Accepted:March 20, 1992Published:June 20, 1992
Keywords:Obstacle avoidance, Path planning, Multijoint manipulator, Virtual arm
Abstract
This paper proposes a collision-free path planning algorithm in the task space based on virtual arms. The virtual arm has the same kinematic structure as the actual arm except that its end-point is located at the joint or link of the actual arm. Therefore, the configuration of the actual arm can be represented as a set of end-points of the virtual arms, and the path planning for multi-joint manipulators can be performed only in the task space. Our method adopts a hierarchical strategy which consists of the global level, the intermediate level, and the local level. The global level plans the collision-free endpoint trajectory of the actual arm based on the global representation of the task space. The intermediate level generates the subgoals for the actual and virtual endpoints based on the current positions and the actual endpoint trajectory specified by the global level. The local level moves each end-point to the corresponding subgoal, avoiding the close obstacles based on the local informations of the task space. The effectiveness of the method is verified by computer simulations using a planar manipulator with redundant joint degrees of freedom.
Cite this article as:T. Tsuji and K. Ito, “A Hierarchical Distributed Path Planning for Redundant Manipulators Based on Virtual Arm,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.4 No.3, pp. 210-217, 1992.Data files:
