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Hi all,

I'm working on a 3-axis cartesian robot project for school 
and need some help understanding selection concepts.

I created an array of points in 3D space that I want the 
robot end effector to service so I know the distance and 
time available for travel for each axis.

The question is knowing the basic equations for motion how 
do I calculate the minimum velocities needed to achieve my 
timing?

I know that I can accelerate the robot using trapezoidal or 
triangular velocity profiles but how do I go about 
calculating what these should be?

Thanks for any help or pointers to information.

Mark.