Industrial Path
Solutions
IPS,
developed by the Fraunhofer-Chalmers
Research Centre for Industrial
Mathematics (FCC), is a math
based tool for motion/path
planning, optimization and analysis.
IPS successfully implements the
potential of the virtual world for
your industrial needs.
By
utilizing point clouds you can
plan against the reality
directly, instead of using CAD
geometries, which are never
perfect. That means both high
level of detail and high
accuracy. That also saves time
because you don't need to first
build a model of a complicated
environment.
3D Path Planner
The IPS path planner automatically
finds and simulates an efficient
and collision free path for an
object. It calculates it in three
dimensions between start and end
locations. You can create a scene
with CAD geometries, which can be
set as planning object, and a
point cloud as colliding
environment, or vice versa. It is
possible to work CAD, point clouds
or both.
Collision Handling with
Distance Analysis
The collision handling technology
pushes the limits of what was
thought to be possible in
industrial settings. It can
compute 3D distances in real time
in point clouds with tens of
millions of points or triangle
meshes with millions of triangles.
IPS
automatically calculates the
distance between an object and
surrounding environment. Either
simulate an object along a path,
or move it manually with shortest
distance (collision) feedback in
real-time. You can also analyze
the simulation with distances
using an interactive graph or use
a collision detection tool between
CAD geometries. A path can be
calculated automatically or
imported from a file if it was
constructed in another software.
Another powerful analysis tool is
the "body window" feature that
automatically calculates and
constructs the largest feasible
object that can be simulated along
a path with no collisions. That
object can be exported as a VRML
geometry for further work in other
software.
Scripting
IPS also has a built in LUA
script compiler which helps you
create xml motion paths,
kinematics or other scripted
functionality. That can be used
for advanced simulations or
calculations to fulfill your
needs.
Key Features
- 3D path
planning (CAD object/point
cloud)
- Collision
detection (CAD objects)
- Shortest
distance analysis (CAD
object/point cloud)
- Path
simulations
- Body window
(largest
feasible geometry)
- Script
Engine
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Distance analysis between CAD and
Point cloud

Highlighted point cloud from "body
window" analysis

Automatic Path Planner in a point
cloud
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