Regularization of the movement of a material point along a flat trajectory: application to robotics problems

The control problem of the working tool movement along a predefined trajectory is considered. The integral of kinetic energy and weighted inertia forces for the whole period of motion is considered as a cost functional. The trajectory is assumed to be planar and defined in advance. The problem is reduced to a system of ordinary differential equations of the fourth order. Numerical examples of solving the problem for movement along straight, circular and elliptical trajectories are given.