A Fast Approach for Time Optimal and Smooth Trajectory Planning of Robot Manipulators

In this paper,a fast approach to generate time optimal and smooth trajectory has been developed and tested.Minimum time is critical for the productivity in industrial applications.Meanwhile,smooth trajectories based on cubic splines are desirable for their ability to limit vibrations and ensure the continuity of position,velocity and acceleration during the robot movement.The main feature of the approach is a satisfactory solution that can be obtained by a local modification process among each interval between two consecutive via-points.An analytical formulation simplifies the approach to smooth trajectory and few iterations are enough to determine the correct values.The approach can be applied in many robot manipulators which require high performance on time and smooth.The simulation and application of the approach on a palletizer robot are performed,and the experimental results provide evidence that the approach can realize the robot manipulators more efficiency and high smooth performance.