GA based trajectory planner for robot manipulators sharing a common workspace

E. A. Merchán-Cruz, A. S. Morris

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Abstract

This paper presents a Genetic Algorithm (GA) based trajectory planner for a system consisting of two robot manipulators. The systems considered in this paper are two 2 degrees of freedom (dof) planar manipulators and two 3 dof planar manipulators. Each manipulator is considered as a moving obstacle by the other and collision is avoided using the Potential Field approach. Both robots have the same hierarchy, and the proposed algorithm searches in parallel for adequate configurations without giving any special preference to either robot. The GA carries out optimisation in parallel to find the best set of configurations for both manipulators that causes no collisions, while minimising the error to their respective goals. The same fitness function is specified for both manipulators throughout the entire process.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Applied Simulation and Modelling
EditorsM.H. Hamza
Pages96-101
Number of pages6
StatePublished - 2004
Externally publishedYes
EventProceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Applied Simulation and Modelling - Rhodes, Greece
Duration: 28 Jun 200430 Jun 2004

Publication series

NameProceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Applied Simulation and Modelling

Conference

ConferenceProceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Applied Simulation and Modelling
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityRhodes
Period28/06/0430/06/04

Keywords

  • Collision avoidance
  • Genetic algorithms
  • Multiple manipulators
  • Trajectory planning

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