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Globally Optimal Inverse Kinematics as a Quadratic Program

Robotics 2024-10-28 v2

Abstract

We show how to compute globally optimal solutions to inverse kinematics (IK) by formulating the problem as an indefinite quadratically constrained quadratic program. Our approach makes it feasible to solve IK instances of generic redundant manipulators. We demonstrate the performance on randomly generated designs and on real-world robots with up to ten revolute joints. The same technique can be used for manipulator design by introducing kinematic parameters as variables.

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@article{arxiv.2312.15569,
  title  = {Globally Optimal Inverse Kinematics as a Quadratic Program},
  author = {Tomáš Votroubek and Tomáš Kroupa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.15569},
  year   = {2024}
}

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This work has been submitted to the IEEE for possible publication

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