Controlling a digging attachment along a path or trajectory

An industrial machine comprising:

• a component;
• one or more actuators configured to control the component;
• a user input device configured to generate a first signal corresponding to a first desired motion of the component and a second signal corresponding to a second desired motion of the component;
• and
• a controller including a processor and a memory, the controller configured to
• receive the first signal;
• determine a first target vector based on the first signal;
• determine a first set of control signals based on the first target vector, the first set of control signals related to the first desired motion of the component;
• provide the first set of control signals to the one or more actuators to control the component of the industrial machine based on the first target vector;
• receive the second signal;
• determine a second target vector based on the second signal;
• determine a second set of control signals based on the first target vector and the second target vector, the second set of control signals related to the second desired motion of the component, wherein the first target vector is updated using the second target vector and the updated first target vector is used to determine the second set of control signals;
• and
• provide the second set of control signals to the one or more actuators to control the component of the industrial machine based on the second target vector.