Abstract
A numerical method is presented for the offline determination of the minimum-time parameterization of a fixed path in robot joint space, assuming start and end at rest conditions and subject to constraints on manipulator joint torques. A numerical method for solving the problem is discussed in which the derivative of the change of variables is approximated by a cubic spline. Numerical results for a three-axis manipulator are presented.

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