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F. FrigeniIndustrial Robotics ControlMaker Innovations Serieshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8989-1_5

5. Path-Planning

Fabrizio Frigeni1  
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Shanghai, China
 
A path is the geometrical description of the robot’s movement in space. Given two points A and B, there are many different (actually infinite) possible paths to connect them. A straight line is the simplest path, but any kind of other curve could be programmed (see Figure 5-1).

An illustration of the path of a robot from A to B in straight and 2 curved paths.

Figure 5-1

The robot can cover different ...

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