A new distributed computation algorithm based on the virtual force method supports the computation of dynamic redundancy resolution for modular reconfigurable robotic systems. Such systems have many redundant degrees ...
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A new distributed computation algorithm based on the virtual force method supports the computation of dynamic redundancy resolution for modular reconfigurable robotic systems. Such systems have many redundant degrees of freedom in order to meet the combined demands of strength, rigidity, workspace kinematics, reconfigurability, and fault tolerance. An efficient distributed computational scheme computes the kinematics, dynamics, and redundancy resolution for real-time application to the control of these systems. A potential function which depends only on the local information of adjacent nodes of the structure is introduced and applied to the Tetrobot modular reconfigurable system. Simulation results are provided to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed distributed algorithms, and these results are compared to the centralized Jacobian method which required global information.
The performance quality in non-linear model based control of mechanical manipulators is conditioned to the reliability of the mathematical model and precision in the knowledge of all the involved parameters. Control m...
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The performance quality in non-linear model based control of mechanical manipulators is conditioned to the reliability of the mathematical model and precision in the knowledge of all the involved parameters. Control methods based on artificial intelligence techniques (learning algorithms, system identification and neural networks) can be applied to improve its performance. A neural control scheme will be proposed, consisting basically of a neural network for learning the robot's inverse dynamics and on-line generating the control signal. Also on-line supervision based in optimization techniques will be designed and implemented for such neural control. Simulation results are provided to evaluate the alternative variations to the proposed control scheme.
Potential fields have been widely used for mobile robot navigation and obstacle avoidance. Their success is due to two main reasons: the simplicity with which a path planning problem can be represented and solved and,...
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Potential fields have been widely used for mobile robot navigation and obstacle avoidance. Their success is due to two main reasons: the simplicity with which a path planning problem can be represented and solved and, most of all, the computational efficiency that allows its real-time applicability. In this paper we analyze the complexity of calculating the artificial potential field and propose a novel algorithm that statistically reduces it.
A new means of action selection via utility fusion is introduced as an alternative to both sensor fusion and command fusion. Distributed asynchronous behaviors indicate the utility of various possible states and their...
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A new means of action selection via utility fusion is introduced as an alternative to both sensor fusion and command fusion. Distributed asynchronous behaviors indicate the utility of various possible states and their associated uncertainty. A centralized arbiter then combines these utilities and probabilities to determine the optimal action based on the maximization of expected utility. The construction of a utility map allows the system being controlled to be modeled and compensated for experimental results to verify that this approach improves performance.
This paper presents a technique for robot continuous-path motion trajectories planning. The Cartesian path is specified by a group of parameter equations in Cartesian coordinates. The time interval [0, T] is divided i...
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(纸本)0780358066
This paper presents a technique for robot continuous-path motion trajectories planning. The Cartesian path is specified by a group of parameter equations in Cartesian coordinates. The time interval [0, T] is divided into m segments, and the coefficients of polynomial at each segment can be obtained in recurrence form. The problem of minimum-time trajectories planning and the determination of m are also studied in the paper.
A robust control system is proposed to solve the local control for a multi-chain robotic system formed by tentacle manipulators grasping a common object with hard point contacts. The two-level hierarchical control is ...
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A robust control system is proposed to solve the local control for a multi-chain robotic system formed by tentacle manipulators grasping a common object with hard point contacts. The two-level hierarchical control is adopted. The upper level coordinator gathers all the necessary information to resolve the distribution force. Then, the lower-level local control problem is treated as an open-chain redundant manipulator control problem. The stability and robustness of a class of the fuzzy logic control (FLC) are investigated and a robust FLC is proposed with uncertainties of the load. The fuzzy rules are established. Simulation results are presented and discussed.
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M. BohlenSchool of Art
The Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh PA USA
Typically, the animal world has been used conceptually by roboticists as a source of inspiration for finding new approaches to efficient locomotion, perception and intelligent control [Brooks, 1991], [Hallam and Walke...
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Typically, the animal world has been used conceptually by roboticists as a source of inspiration for finding new approaches to efficient locomotion, perception and intelligent control [Brooks, 1991], [Hallam and Walker, 1993], [Aloimonos, 1997]. This paper explores the question of designing a robot to share a space with a simple animal. A series of experiments between a mobile robot and three chickens in a cage are described. Techniques are described to mechanically reduce chickens' anxiety towards moving machinery. A model of interaction between animals and machines is proposed. These insights are then placed into a wider context of robot design.
We propose a novel approach to behavior-based control, which combines fuzzy logic with multiobjective decision theory. Fuzzy logic provides powerful tools for formulating sophisticated behavior-based systems for robot...
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We propose a novel approach to behavior-based control, which combines fuzzy logic with multiobjective decision theory. Fuzzy logic provides powerful tools for formulating sophisticated behavior-based systems for robot control. However, it suffers from problems associated with resolving behavioral conflicts, which are mainly due to the deficiencies of fuzzy inference techniques. Hence, we propose to formulate the inference mechanism using a multiobjective decision-theoretic approach, which provides formal tools for behavior coordination and resolving conflicts in a principled manner. Preliminary experimental results are reported.
Partially observable Markov decision processes (POMDPs) are a convenient representation for reasoning and planning in mobile robot applications. We investigate two algorithms for learning POMDPs from series of observa...
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Partially observable Markov decision processes (POMDPs) are a convenient representation for reasoning and planning in mobile robot applications. We investigate two algorithms for learning POMDPs from series of observation/action pairs by comparing their performance in fourteen synthetic worlds in conjunction with four planning algorithms. Experimental results suggest that the traditional Baum-Welch algorithm learns better the structure of worlds specifically designed to impede the agent, while a best-first model merging algorithm originally due to Stolcke and Omohundro (1993) performs better in more benign worlds, including such model of typical real-world robot fetching tasks.
The potential of flexible-manufacturing workcells (FMCs) to produce a family of parts in many possible orders of operations and choices of different machines is advantageous. Despite intensive research on the theoreti...
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The potential of flexible-manufacturing workcells (FMCs) to produce a family of parts in many possible orders of operations and choices of different machines is advantageous. Despite intensive research on the theoretical control of discrete-event systems, however, current techniques can still only be used for the supervisory control of simple cells. In this article, a novel modeling and control synthesis technique is presented for FMCs that allow part-routing flexibility. Our proposed methodology combines extended Moore automata and controlled-automata theories to synthesize supervisors for such FMCs.
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