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Syntactic inferential motion planning method for robotic systems

  • US 9,855,657 B2
  • Filed: 01/30/2004
  • Issued: 01/02/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for planning the motion of a robot, comprising:

  • a) defining a plurality of robot end effector locations, in terms of a spatial coordinate system, including a start location, an end location, and at least one other programmed point;

    b) storing said locations in a computer memory;

    c) defining a set of rules for governing movement of said robot end effector between said locations;

    d) storing said set of rules in the computer memory;

    e) calculating, by a processor, two or more possible routes from said start location to said end location;

    f) determining, by said processor, from said two or more possible routes, an optimized route, from said start location to said end location, which meets a predetermined criteria; and

    g) enabling, in response to said determination of said optimized route which meets the predetermined criteria, movement of said robot end effector along said optimized route from said start location to said end location by way of the at least one other programmed point such that each point-to-point move obeys the set of rules.

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