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Bi-objective motion trajectory generation and online modification of a large rotary crane considering load-sway suppression and collision avoidance

Research Abstract

The main challenge in the automation of the large rotary crane with tower-torsion is the accurate positioning and vibration suppression of the load-sway. The start-of-the-art optimal trajectory generation approaches need to consider several state and input constraints to increase the accuracy; therefore, it requires a large amount of computation time and is not applicable for the practical environment. This study presents an efficient method for optimal trajectory generation considering load-sway suppression and collision avoidance in a fast computation time, which includes two control strategies: the offline bi-objective trajectory generation between the contradictory objectives of total motion time and the collision avoidance fitting function, and the online modification of the optimal trajectory, which is formulated as one-degree-of-freedom optimization to reduce the total motion time and satisfy the entire constraints. The experimental validation with a lab-scale three-dimensional rotary crane is provided to show the effectiveness of the proposed method for practical applications.

Research Authors
Abdallah Farrage, Min Set Paing, Nur Azizah Amir, Hideki Takahashi, Shintaro Sasai, Hitoshi Sakurai, Masaki Okubo, Naoki Uchiyama
Research Date
Research Journal
Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
Research Pages
1-25
Research Publisher
Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
Research Rank
Q1
Research Vol
234
Research Website
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0888327025004534
Research Year
2025