Trapezoidal Motion Profile to Suppress Residual Vibration of Flexible Object Moved by Robot

The residual vibration when a robot manipulator is operated at high speed needs to be suppressed. These vibrations are generated by the resonance of a flexible object being moved by the robot, and research on control algorithms and motion profiles is ongoing to reduce them. In this paper, we propose a method to reduce the residual vibration of an object moved by a robot manipulator by optimizing the acceleration/deceleration time calculated using the object’s natural frequency. The relationship between acceleration/deceleration time and the residual vibration in a trapezoidal velocity profile is considered by analyzing the scenario when the jerking motion characteristic of such vibrations occurs. The results of experiments using a commercial robot show that residual vibrations can be reduced by the proposed method without the need for an additional feedback control algorithm while transferring a flexible object over small and large distances.