Electronic Cam Trajectory Generation Algorithm Based on Global Optimal Control Points of Non-Uniform B-Spline

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In order to improve the smoothness of electronic cam motion,an electronic cam trajectory generation algorithm based on global optimal control points of quintic non-uniform B-spline is prop-osed. This algorithm solves the problem of non-global optimization in existing approaches caused by transferring kinematic constraints into control point constraints to avoid the semi-infinite constraints problem. The interval ranges of the reserved free control point variables are calculated first, followed by partitioning and checking the subinterval with the property of the objective function and kinemat-ical constraints repeatedly until finding the global optimal control point. Compared with the existing control point constraints algorithm, the object function is optimized further and the electronic cam trajectory is smoother. Finally an practical example of electronic cam proves the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.

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