System and method for controlling a lift assembly of a work vehicle

A method for controlling a lift assembly for a work vehicle, the lift assembly including a loader arm extending between a forward end and a rear end and a control arm coupled between the rear end of the loader arm and a chassis of the work vehicle, the lift assembly further including a lift cylinder configured to pivot the loader arm relative to a pivot point defined between the rear end of the loader arm and the control arm and a control cylinder configured to pivot the control arm relative to the chassis, the method comprising:

• receiving, with a computing device, an input command associated with controlling movement of the loader arm;
• determining, with the computing device, an initial travel velocity at which a reference location on the loader arm is to be moved along a predetermined travel path based on the input command;
• determining, with the computing device, whether cylinder operation of at least one of the lift cylinder or the control cylinder will be constrained when moving the reference location on the loader arm along the predetermined travel path at the determined initial travel velocity;
• in response to a determination that the cylinder operation of the at least one of the lift cylinder or the control cylinder will be constrained, determining, with the computing device, an adjusted travel velocity for the loader arm that will allow movement of the reference location on the loader arm to be maintained along the predetermined travel path;
• determining, with the computing device, at least one lift cylinder command and at least one control cylinder command based at least in part on the adjusted travel velocity and position-based inputs associated with moving the reference location along a predetermined travel path;
• and
• actively controlling, with the computing device, an operation of the lift cylinder and the control cylinder based on the at least one lift cylinder command and the at least one control cylinder command, respectively, such that the reference location on the loader arm is moved along the predetermined travel path at the adjusted travel velocity.