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The paper deals with the collision free trajectory synthesis for industrial robotic manipulators. A new efficient method is proposed that is based on a neural network collision model. The developed iterative transformation procedure provides small computing times for the C-space synthesis and yields sufficiently precise configuration space map for the manipulators with many degrees of freedom. A topologically ordered neural network model is proposed to find the path in the configuration space. The stability of this model is proved using the Lyapunov function technique. To generate the collision model, a modification of the Radial Basis Function Network (RBFN) is used. The developed technique is illustrated by an application example of designing a robotic manufacturing cell for the automotive industry.
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Pashkevich, A., Kazheunikau, M. Neural network approach to trajectory synthesis for robotic manipulators. J Intell Manuf 16, 173–187 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10845-004-5887-5
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