Metamorphic robots have gained the attention of many researchers due to their ability to change shape and adapt to various tasks. In order to utilize the versatility of metamorphic systems, we need to be able to find ...
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(纸本)9798350377712;9798350377705
Metamorphic robots have gained the attention of many researchers due to their ability to change shape and adapt to various tasks. In order to utilize the versatility of metamorphic systems, we need to be able to find a shape-shifting (reconfiguration) plan efficiently;however, finding these plans is challenging due to the high degree of freedom of modular systems. Reconfiguration algorithms proposed so far either scale poorly with a growing number of modules, impose specific restrictions on modules, or produce plans that are unrealistic outside of zero-gravity environments. This paper presents a new approach to the reconfiguration problem of chain-type metamorphic robots. Our algorithm relies on forming tentacles and using them to transport modules, which allows us to search through a reduced state space by computing many smaller planning instances. As a result, we obtain a heuristic solution that is more scalable than optimal planners, while producing realistic plans that impose no specific module requirements.
There has been a significant research interest in employing large language models to empower intelligent robots with complex reasoning. Existing work focuses on harnessing their abilities to reason about the histories...
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(纸本)9798350384581;9798350384574
There has been a significant research interest in employing large language models to empower intelligent robots with complex reasoning. Existing work focuses on harnessing their abilities to reason about the histories of their actions and observations. In this paper, we explore a new dimension in which large language models may benefit robotics planning. In particular, we propose Statler, a framework in which large language models are prompted to maintain an estimate of the world state, which are often unobservable, and track its transition as new actions are taken. Our framework then conditions each action on the estimate of the current world state. Despite being conceptually simple, our Statler framework significantly outperforms strong competing methods (e.g., Code-as-Policies) on several robot planning tasks. Additionally, it has the potential advantage of scaling up to more challenging long-horizon planning tasks. We release our code here.
The use of mobile robots has become increasingly common in multiple areas of daily life. To increase their autonomy for performing various tasks, efficient navigation skills are essential. The most crucial component o...
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(纸本)9798350377712;9798350377705
The use of mobile robots has become increasingly common in multiple areas of daily life. To increase their autonomy for performing various tasks, efficient navigation skills are essential. The most crucial component of such navigation is the ability to calculate a global path between two points. The global path planning problem for mobile robots is typically limited to two-dimensional environments, in which the environment is projected onto a planar surface. While this approach works well in structured environments like industrial settings, it may not be suitable for all applications of mobile robots. With modern walking robots, capable of navigating complex terrain, more advanced path planning approaches are necessary. This work proposes a path-planning approach that utilizes the entire three-dimensional space, allowing for navigation in even the most challenging terrain. The central idea is to extend a traditional A* path planner to work directly on a fast volumetric map structure to generate optimal paths through the environment. Multiple optimizations and adjustments are introduced to improve the algorithm's performance. By applying morphology operators to sparse maps, sensor inaccuracies during the map construction are mitigated. Additionally, adjustments are made to handle the added complexity introduced by the extra search space dimension and to comply with the limitations of autonomous walking robots. This is paired with an efficient caching strategy to enhance the overall path-planning speed. The capability of the path planning approach is evaluated using both artificial and real-world maps. The results demonstrate that this approach shows great potential for enabling mobile ground robots to autonomously navigate even the most demanding terrains utilizing the entire three-dimensional space.
To this day, only a small number of industrial robots is used in assembly. One key reason for this is that specific contact situations require the introduction of force-control schemes. The parameters for those scheme...
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(纸本)9798350377712;9798350377705
To this day, only a small number of industrial robots is used in assembly. One key reason for this is that specific contact situations require the introduction of force-control schemes. The parameters for those schemes are hard to select in practice, because they require in-depth expertise about the robot and the process. Learning-from-Demonstration (LfD) provides a powerful approach to intuitively parameterize robot programs by demonstrating the task at hand. However, when dimensions increase by including force or orientation, many LfD algorithms are hard to verify, understand and maintain, requiring expert knowledge to make adaptions, effectively making it a "black-box". This property renders them ineffective for usage in industrial applications. We build upon a system of composable skills, that can be easily adapted by experts without the need to demonstrate the task again. This approach to skill-based robot programming promises to address the issues of readability and maintainability by sequencing robot movements in skills and breaking them down into understandable (sub)goals. In this paper, we combine skill-based programming with LfD, preserving both maintainability and intuitive parameterization. We present (a) an approach to parameterize and create sequences of hierarchies of force- and/or position-controlled robot skills from a LfD model, (b) which can be adapted by a user by hand with few, basic and understandable parameters, and (c) show its applicability on the real-world example of terminal clamp assembly. We achieve a reduction in teach-in time of 53.8% for variants, increased robustness against variance, and efficient tight stacking of clamps with a gap of <= 1mm.
In Russia, agriculture is one of the key industries, so the development of innovative solutions in this area is of great importance. A promising approach is to automate field operations using highly automated manufact...
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In order to improve the efficiency and autonomy of unknown region exploration for robots, an autonomous exploration algorithm based on rolling window method and bias-RRT algorithm is proposed. The rolling window metho...
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In the field of the Internet of Unmanned Agents (IUA), autonomous devices often struggle to maintain stability, adaptability, and coordination in dynamic environments. Current control strategies are hindered by diffic...
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This paper presents an obstacle avoidance path planning algorithm designed to generate smooth paths for underwater robotic systems that operate in dynamic environments. Using the kinematics of the system, an initial p...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9798350355376;9798350355369
This paper presents an obstacle avoidance path planning algorithm designed to generate smooth paths for underwater robotic systems that operate in dynamic environments. Using the kinematics of the system, an initial path is generated which is further optimized considering the constraints of the system and the environment. The correlation between path states is embedded into a kernel used throughout the optimization. This produces a more informative optimization process that leads to changes in one state based on all other states. However, the use of this correlation between path states may lead to an exhaustive computational effort for highly dimensional systems. Therefore, the proposed approach, named AmaxGPMP, introduces a strategy capable of reducing the needed information to develop these kernels while accurately describing the correlation among states, hence decreasing the computation time. The proposed path planner was tested in simulation and experimentally on a BlueROV2 Heavy vehicle that was modified to enable autonomous capabilities. The results demonstrate the ability of AmaxGPMP to successfully generate smooth, feasible, and safe behaviors for autonomous underwater vehicles.
Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) is an important optimization problem underlying the deployment of robots in automated warehouses and *** the large body of work on this topic, most approaches make heavy simplifications...
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This research aims to solve the path planning problem for mobile robots in narrow environment roads by means of an improved Rapid Exploration Random Tree (RRT) algorithm. Narrow environment roads usually have restrict...
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