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A basic task in the design of a robotic production cell is the relative placement of robot and workpiece. The fundamental requirement is that the robot can reach all process positions; only then one can think further optimization. Therefore an algorithm that automatically places an object into the workspace is very desirable. However many iterative optimization algorithms cannot guarantee that all intermediate steps are reachable, resulting in complicated procedures. We present a novel approach which extends a robot by a virtual prismatic joint - which measures the distance to the workspace - such that any TCP frames are reachable. This allows higher order nonlinear programming algorithms to be used for placement of an object alone as well as the optimal placement under some differentiable criterion.
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Weiß, M. (2019). Optimal Object Placement Using a Virtual Axis. In: Lenarcic, J., Parenti-Castelli, V. (eds) Advances in Robot Kinematics 2018. ARK 2018. Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics, vol 8. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93188-3_14
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