11-13-2020, 03:47 PM
Greetings!
Here's my problem and I'm hoping the solution is easy to implement in RoboDK's python API. I'm not formally trained in robotics and have been working with them via RoboDK for about 6 months, so apologies if I'm poorly formulating the following question.
I have a robot rigidly attached to an arbitrarily movable cart (3DoF). I have the desired tool pose with respect to an external reference frame (Frame A). I would like to determine where to place the robot's base such that the tool pose w.r.t the robot's base frame (Frame B) is centered as much as possible in its workspace envelope.
Here's why. I have to coarsely position (i.e., drive) the robot base using the movable 2D platform. In the real world, I won't get the base placed perfectly, so I'd like to have the most "motion envelope" to adjust the tool pose and get it placed properly with respect to the external reference frame.
Another way of looking at this: there is a 3DoF envelope of cart poses within which the robot can reach and place the tool in the desired pose w.r.t. Frame A. I'd like to determine where the center of this envelope is, given that I know Frame B in the cart's frame, and steer myself towards this optimal point.
I hope this question makes sense. Thanks in advance for any hints, ideas, criticisms, etc.!
Here's my problem and I'm hoping the solution is easy to implement in RoboDK's python API. I'm not formally trained in robotics and have been working with them via RoboDK for about 6 months, so apologies if I'm poorly formulating the following question.
I have a robot rigidly attached to an arbitrarily movable cart (3DoF). I have the desired tool pose with respect to an external reference frame (Frame A). I would like to determine where to place the robot's base such that the tool pose w.r.t the robot's base frame (Frame B) is centered as much as possible in its workspace envelope.
Here's why. I have to coarsely position (i.e., drive) the robot base using the movable 2D platform. In the real world, I won't get the base placed perfectly, so I'd like to have the most "motion envelope" to adjust the tool pose and get it placed properly with respect to the external reference frame.
Another way of looking at this: there is a 3DoF envelope of cart poses within which the robot can reach and place the tool in the desired pose w.r.t. Frame A. I'd like to determine where the center of this envelope is, given that I know Frame B in the cart's frame, and steer myself towards this optimal point.
I hope this question makes sense. Thanks in advance for any hints, ideas, criticisms, etc.!