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A path planning strategy for kinematically redundant manipulators anticipating joint failures in the presence of obstacles

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2003

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Jamisola, Rodrigo S., author
Maciejewski, Anthony A., author
Roberts, Rodney G., author
IEEE, publisher

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This work considers the failure tolerant operation of a kinematically redundant manipulator in an environment containing obstacles. In particular, the article addresses the problem of planning a collision-free path for a manipulator operating in a static environment such that the manipulator can reach its desired goal despite a single locked-joint failure and the presence of obstacles in the environment. A method is presented that searches for a continuous obstacle-free space between the starting configuration and the desired final end-effector position which is characterized in the joint space by the goal self-motion manifold. This method guarantees completion of critical tasks in the event of a single locked-joint failure in the presence of obstacles.

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collision avoidance
end effectors
fault tolerance
manipulator kinematics
redundant manipulators

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