The compound axle is a space saving suspension component that is relatively inexpensive and easy to install. Therefore it is used in rear suspension system of most front wheel drive passenger cars. This article presen...
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Following the principle of human skill learning, robot acquiring skill is a process similar to human skill learning. Reinforcement learning is on-line actor critic method for robot to develop its skill. The reinforcem...
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This paper presents the design of ant-inspired control strategies that mimic the ant colony foraging behavior. Inter-agent communication, in particular explicit communication is applied to create multiple cooperating ...
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This paper presents the design of ant-inspired control strategies that mimic the ant colony foraging behavior. Inter-agent communication, in particular explicit communication is applied to create multiple cooperating mobile robots in order to accomplish the foraging task. Explicit communication can significantly multiply the capabilities and effectiveness of teams of robotic systems. However, the drawback is it introduces more interference among robots at the goal and home region in comparison to robotic system without the implementation of inter-agent communication. Thus, to investigate how well the explicit communication can be adopted in designing efficient cooperative mobile robotic system, experiments were carried out on the simulated robots. The efficiency of the strategies are measured in terms of three criteria: time, density of robots and interference.
The NASA/DARPA Robonaut system is evolving from a purely teleoperator controlled anthropomorphic robot towards a humanoid system with multiple control pathways. Robonaut is a human scale robot designed to approach the...
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The NASA/DARPA Robonaut system is evolving from a purely teleoperator controlled anthropomorphic robot towards a humanoid system with multiple control pathways. Robonaut is a human scale robot designed to approach the dexterity of a space suited astronaut. Under teleoperator control, Robonaut has been able to perform many high payoff tasks indicating that it could significantly reduce the maintenance workload for human's working in space. Throughout its development, Robonaut has been augmented to include new sensors and software resulting in increased skills that allow for more shared control with the teleoperator, and ever increasing levels of autonomy. These skills range from simple compliance control, and short term memory, to, most recently, reflexive grasping and haptic object identification using a custom tactile glove, and real-time visual object tracking.
The Robotic Systems technology Branch at the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) is currently developing robot systems to reduce the Extra-Vehicular Activity (EVA) and planetary exploration burden on astronauts. One such ...
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This paper addresses the optimization of logistic processes in supply-chains using meta-heuristics: genetic algorithms and ant colony optimization. The dynamic assignment of components to orders and choosing the solut...
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A dynamical model was developed in order to study the jumping process in human, and the effect of factors like joint speeds and hand motion. An experiment was designed and setup to compare the theoretical model with t...
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In this paper, a novel design and application method of intelligent robot sensing system is presented in this paper. The multi-functional perceptual system consists of heterogeneous kinds of sensors, such as six-dimen...
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In this paper, a novel design and application method of intelligent robot sensing system is presented in this paper. The multi-functional perceptual system consists of heterogeneous kinds of sensors, such as six-dimensional force/torque, tactile, vision, etc. Supported by the field-bus-based data acquisition and transmission technology, all the sensors work in an open connection environment, namely, plug and play format, which means any sensor node can be added into or removed from this perceptual system dynamically according to the changing requirement of each task. This function makes it much easier to adjust the structure and performance of intelligent robot. The hardware structure and processing procedures are also elaborated.
An automated tether system has been developed for the purpose of improving the efficiency of micro-gravity activities of fully suited astronauts. System features include gripping of multiple anchor types, remote relea...
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An automated tether system has been developed for the purpose of improving the efficiency of micro-gravity activities of fully suited astronauts. System features include gripping of multiple anchor types, remote release of the tether from an anchor, and controlled retraction of the tether. Two main mechanisms make up the system. First, a remotely releasable, self-locking robotic gripper with opposing jaws that grasps a variety of anchors such as handrails, tether loops, and guide wires. Second, an automated tether retractor that is capable of active or passive operation. Passive retractor operation saves power by emulating existing safety tether systems and active operation expedites tether retraction and allows towing.
In some tasks, a rigid robot manipulator handles a long, slender, and flexible tool, which usually has not been equipped with vibration measuring devices. This situation makes a difficult tool tip position control pro...
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In some tasks, a rigid robot manipulator handles a long, slender, and flexible tool, which usually has not been equipped with vibration measuring devices. This situation makes a difficult tool tip position control problem. In this paper, a new method will be presented for simultaneous tip position and vibration suppression control of a flexible tool on a rigid-link 3-DOF robot. This approach uses fuzzy logic rule-based controllers without using any sensor and actuator on the tool and with no a priori knowledge about the tool. Numerical simulation of robot and tool set has been accomplished and results support the fact that designed fuzzy controllers perform remarkably well in reducing vibrations and precision guidance of robot tool tip for tracking various trajectories.
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