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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2021
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, CN;
ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY, Hangzhou, CN;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a method for performing a non-revisiting coverage task by a manipulator with a least number of lift-offs, and relates to the technical field of manipulator path planning. By explicitly considering lift-offs of an end-effector from a surface of an object due to kinematic constraints when the manipulator performs a task of covering the surface of the object, this method transforms a problem of coverage path design into a problem of sub-cell decomposition and solves the problem to obtain an approach for the manipulator to cover a sub-cell. The method of the present disclosure minimizes the number of lift-offs of the end-effector from the surface of the object when the manipulator performs the coverage task.