Research Article

Obstacle Avoidance Path Planning of a 4-DOF Weapon Arm Based on Improved RRT (RRT-H) Algorithm

Table 1

D–H parameters of 4-DOF weapon arm.

LinkThetadaAlpha (pi)Offset (pi)Joint typeRanges

L1θ10.1260−0.5−0.5Rotary joint(−pi, pi)
L2θ2000.5−0.5Rotary joint(−pi, 0])
L3θ30.38600.50.5Rotary joint(−pi, pi)
L4θ40.03800.50Rotary joint(−pi, pi)
L5010−0.50Rectilinear motion joint(0–∞)