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Optimal Motion Planning on 120° Broken Line Seam for a Mobile Welding Robot

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Robotic Welding, Intelligence and Automation (RWIA 2014)

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Abstract

This paper analyses the motion planning of a custom-built all position autonomous mobile welding robot. It proposes a motion planning method that allows the robot to complete 120° broken line seam welding while the vehicle turns simultaneously. It is applied to the welding experiments.

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  1. Intelligentized Robotic Welding Technology Laboratory, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China

    Tao Zhang & Shan-Ben Chen

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  1. Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Tzyh-Jong Tarn

  2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

    Shan-Ben Chen

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

    Xiao-Qi Chen

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Zhang, T., Chen, SB. (2015). Optimal Motion Planning on 120° Broken Line Seam for a Mobile Welding Robot. In: Tarn, TJ., Chen, SB., Chen, XQ. (eds) Robotic Welding, Intelligence and Automation. RWIA 2014. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 363. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18997-0_15

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