Joint Space Trajectory

A time-parameterized sequence of joint positions (and optionally velocities and accelerations) that define a desired robot motion. Joint space trajectories are generated by inverse kinematics and motion planners. Joint trajectory controllers (PD, PID, feedforward) track these references. Cubic splines and polynomial segments produce smooth, jerk-limited trajectories.

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