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Optimal Throwing Motion Planning for a Biped Human Mechanism
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Optimal Throwing Motion Planning for a Biped Human Mechanism

Joo H Kim, Yujiang Xiang, Jingzhou James Yang, Karim Abdel-Malek and Jasbir S Arora
Volume 7: 33rd Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, Parts A and B, Vol.7, pp.929-936
ASME 2009 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, San Diego, California, USA, Aug. 30 - Sept. 02, 2009
01/01/2009
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2009-87513

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Abstract

An optimal motion planning formulation of throwing for a biped human mechanism is proposed as an extension of a previous study. The unique characteristics of the throwing task—highly redundant, highly nonlinear, and highly dynamic—are addressed in this presentation within the framework of multibody dynamics and optimization. To generate physically feasible throwing motions in a fully predictive method without input reference, rigorous dynamic models are associated with the constraints. Given the target location and the object mass, the algorithm outputs the motion, required actuator torques, release parameters, balance criterion, and ground reaction forces. Overarm and sidearm throwing motions are generated as optimal solutions, which demonstrate valid kinematic and kinetic cause-effect relations.

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