Abstract
To solve the multi-branch cable automatic routing problem in mechanical and electrical products, a method based on improved Probabilistic Road Maps (PRM) was proposed. According to the connection relationship of cable in complex electromechanical products, the cable architecture structure model of "cable parts-harness-cable segment" was designed. Based on the basic PRM, the initial roadmaps was constructed, an enhance extension according to nodes' extending failure coefficient was make, and a local space to supply path exploring was applied. The multi-branch layout map was obtained by fitting with non-uniform cubic B-spline curve. A 3D automatic routing prototype system was developed and some experiments were applied to verify the efficiency of the technology.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2952-2961 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Jisuanji Jicheng Zhizao Xitong/Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems, CIMS |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 12 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2014 |
Keywords
- Automatic routing
- Multi-branch cable
- Path planning
- Probabilistic roadmaps algorithm