Bibcode
Sabater, Josep; Riera-Ledesma, Jorge; Torres, Santiago; Garzón, Francisco; Torra, Jordi; Gómez, José M.
Bibliographical reference
Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 9913, id. 99132P 16 pp. (2016).
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2016
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Description
The Mid-resolution InfRAreD Astronomical Spectrograph (MIRADAS) is a
near-infrared multi-object echelle spectrograph for the 10.4-meter Gran
Telescopio Canarias. The instrument has 12 pickoff mirror optics on
cryogenic probe arms, enabling it to concurrently observe up to 12
user-defined objects located in its field-of-view. In this paper, a
method to compute collision-free trajectories for the arms of MIRADAS is
presented. We propose a sequential approach that has two stages: target
to arm assignment and motion planning. For the former, we present a
model based on linear programming that allocates targets according to
their associated priorities. The model is constrained by two matrices
specifying the targets' reachability and the incompatibilities among
each pair of feasible target-arm pairs. This model has been implemented
and experiments show that it is able to determine assignments in less
than a second. Regarding the second step, we present a prioritized
approach which uses sampled-based roadmaps containing a variety of
paths. The motions along a given path are coordinated with the help of a
depth-first search algorithm. Paths are sequentially explored according
to how promising they are and those not leading to a solution are
skipped. This motion planning approach has been implemented considering
real probe arm geometries and joint velocities. Experimental results
show that the method achieves good performance in scenarios presenting
two different types of conflicts.