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Objectives: Using the MATLAB Program along with a program used to guide the arm of robot, we must do the following: 1. We must modify the program to perform the cubic-spline interpolation so that it prints the interpolated data points for the complete set of paths to an output file named paths.dat. In addition, we must remove any repeated points, which is provided in the handout 2. WE must write a program to read file paths.dat described in part 1. Additionally, we must plot the entire set of paths, and insert circles at points where the robot arm stops. These points correspond to the points where the robot arm must stop to grasp an object, release it, or return to home the position. Background: In this lab, we are given a program that shows the paths a robot arm in order to grasp and object, release it, and then return back to its original spot. In order to guide the arm to desired locations successfully, we must guide the arm through smooth paths in order to avoid sharp turns that can cause the objects to slip out of its grasp or damage the object itself. In order to do this, we must use interpolation so that we can acquire a smooth curve that contains all the points the robot arm must go through The points over