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Journal of Bionic Engineering ›› 2025, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (3): 1287-1303.doi: 10.1007/s42235-025-00685-w

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Bio-inspired Excavator Digging Trajectory Planning: Insights from Mole Digging Patterns

Xiaodan Tan1; Chen Chen1; Zongwei Yao1; Guoqiang Wang1; Qingxue Huang2

  

  1. 1 Key Laboratory of CNC Equipment Reliability, Ministryof Education, School of Mechanical and AerospaceEngineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130022, China 2 College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, TaiyuanUniversity of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
  • 出版日期:2025-04-19 发布日期:2025-07-01
  • 通讯作者: Chen Chen; Zongwei Yao E-mail:cc22@mails.jlu.edu.cn; yzw@jlu.edu.cn
  • 作者简介:Xiaodan Tan1; Chen Chen1; Zongwei Yao1; Guoqiang Wang1; Qingxue Huang2

Bio-inspired Excavator Digging Trajectory Planning: Insights from Mole Digging Patterns

Xiaodan Tan1; Chen Chen1; Zongwei Yao1; Guoqiang Wang1; Qingxue Huang2

  

  1. 1 Key Laboratory of CNC Equipment Reliability, Ministryof Education, School of Mechanical and AerospaceEngineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130022, China
    2 College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, TaiyuanUniversity of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
  • Online:2025-04-19 Published:2025-07-01
  • Contact: Chen Chen; Zongwei Yao E-mail:cc22@mails.jlu.edu.cn; yzw@jlu.edu.cn
  • About author:Xiaodan Tan1; Chen Chen1; Zongwei Yao1; Guoqiang Wang1; Qingxue Huang2

摘要: The automatic and rapid generation of excavation trajectories is the foundation for achieving an intelligent excavator. To obtain high-performance trajectories that enhance operational capacity while avoiding the numerous issues present in existing methods for generating effective excavation paths, this paper proposes a trajectory generation method for excava-tors based on imitation learning, using the mole as a bionic prototype. Given the high excavation efficiency of moles, this paper first analyzes the structural characteristics of the mole's forelimbs, its digging principles, morphology, and trajectory patterns. Subsequently,a higher-order polynomial is employed to fit and optimize the mole's excavation trajectory. Next, imitation learning is conducted on sample trajectories based on Dynamic Movement Primitives, followed by the intro-duction of an obstacle avoidance algorithm. Simulation experiments and comparisons demonstrate that the mole-inspired trajectory method used in this paper performs well and possesses the ability to generate obstacle avoidance trajectories, as well as the convenience of transferring across different machine models.

关键词: Biomimetic')">Biomimetic, Excavator, Trajectory planning, Imitation learning, Dynamic movement primitive

Abstract: The automatic and rapid generation of excavation trajectories is the foundation for achieving an intelligent excavator. To obtain high-performance trajectories that enhance operational capacity while avoiding the numerous issues present in existing methods for generating effective excavation paths, this paper proposes a trajectory generation method for excava-tors based on imitation learning, using the mole as a bionic prototype. Given the high excavation efficiency of moles, this paper first analyzes the structural characteristics of the mole's forelimbs, its digging principles, morphology, and trajectory patterns. Subsequently,a higher-order polynomial is employed to fit and optimize the mole's excavation trajectory. Next, imitation learning is conducted on sample trajectories based on Dynamic Movement Primitives, followed by the intro-duction of an obstacle avoidance algorithm. Simulation experiments and comparisons demonstrate that the mole-inspired trajectory method used in this paper performs well and possesses the ability to generate obstacle avoidance trajectories, as well as the convenience of transferring across different machine models.

Key words: Biomimetic')">Biomimetic, Excavator, Trajectory planning, Imitation learning, Dynamic movement primitive