A Path-Planning Strategy for Overhead Cranes With High Hoisting Speed

Abstract

This paper proposes a path planning strategy for high-performance anti-swing control of overhead cranes, where the anti-swing control problem is solved as a kinematic problem. First, two anti-swing control laws, one for hoisting up and the other for hoisting down, are proposed based on the Lyapunov stability theorem. Then a new path-planning strategy is proposed based on the concept of minimum-time control and the proposed anti-swing control laws. The proposed path planning is free from the usual constraints of small load swing, slow hoisting speed, and small hoisting distance. The effectiveness of the proposed path planning is shown by computer simulation with high hoisting speed and hoisting ratio.