A modern system theory point of view is offered for the design of sequencing controllers for discrete event manufacturing systems, whereby the controller is considered as separate from the workcell. The controller has...
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A modern system theory point of view is offered for the design of sequencing controllers for discrete event manufacturing systems, whereby the controller is considered as separate from the workcell. The controller has a rule-based structure with inner loops where no shared-resource conflict resolution is required, and extra control inputs in an outer loop to resolve conflict and remove deadlock (where needed). The controller design is based on the required task sequence and the available resources; it is described by linear (i.e. matrix) and nonlinear logical equations. The controller-workcell interaction expressed both in qualitative and quantitative terms supports a rigorous analysis of conflicts and deadlock. Three methods for conflict and deadlock resolution related to current work are efficiently incorporated in the general design framework. The design algorithm naturally accommodates a performance analysis in terms of the (R,max,+) representation as a consequence of the link established between that approach and the rule-based controller equations. Compatibility with other analysis/design techniques is briefly addressed.
The problem of controlling a system of coordinated redundant robots with torque optimization based on joint redundancy is addressed. Local and global optimal control laws, both minimizing joint torque loading, are dev...
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The problem of controlling a system of coordinated redundant robots with torque optimization based on joint redundancy is addressed. Local and global optimal control laws, both minimizing joint torque loading, are developed. A general method of load distribution among the coordinated robots is also proposed. The control problem is to regulate the motion of the object held by the coordinated robots and the internal force generated as a result of constraints on the object. The errors in the object motion and internal force converge asymptotically to zero under the proposed optimal control laws, when exact knowledge of the dynamic models is assumed. Furthermore, the robustness of the proposed method to model uncertainty is also analyzed. The motion and internal force errors are uniformly ultimately bounded under the proposed optimal controllers, when uncertainty in the dynamic models is assumed to exist.
This article presents a practical method for determining the dynamic parameters of robotic arms. The two unique features of the method are that it determines the friction parameters along with the inertia and mass par...
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This article presents a practical method for determining the dynamic parameters of robotic arms. The two unique features of the method are that it determines the friction parameters along with the inertia and mass parameters and that it does not require the measurement of joint accelerations. The method is demonstrated experimentally by determining the dynamic parameters of a closed-chain direct-drive arm. The precision of the determined parameter was verified in the context of computed torque-based controllers. Statistical analysis also shows that the estimated values are reliable. (C) 1993 John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Automated assembly in the electronics industry offers many advantages over traditional assembly methods. As product lives become shorter and batch numbers become smaller, new programming methods will be needed to shor...
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This paper introduces a new structure to compute the digit-reversal permutation in the radix-B fast Fourier or Hartley transform. By studying the property of base-B numbers, we find that any base-B number, k, can be r...
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This paper introduces a new structure to compute the digit-reversal permutation in the radix-B fast Fourier or Hartley transform. By studying the property of base-B numbers, we find that any base-B number, k, can be represented as the sum of three numbers: one base-B number, i;digital reverse of another base-B number, j;and a constant, z, in which the two base-B numbers i and j are no greater than square-root N, where N is the number of data points to be transformed. Then, the digital reverse of k is just the sum of j and the digital reverse of i plus the constant z. Using this property we have developed a new algorithm to compute the digital reverse of any index very efficiently. Since it uses fewer arithmetic operations, the new algorithm is faster than other algorithms known to the authors and the program storage requirements are no greater than Evans' and Walker's algorithms.
In this paper, an approach for solving the inverse kinematics (velocity) problem for redundant open-chain manipulators is addressed. The solution is based upon finding a particular joint rate solution and identifying ...
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In this paper, an approach for solving the inverse kinematics (velocity) problem for redundant open-chain manipulators is addressed. The solution is based upon finding a particular joint rate solution and identifying a joint velocity null-space basis through a decomposition of screw coordinates representing the joint axes. Optimal joint rate solutions are formulated in terms of the joint null-space basis. A specification of computational costs for numerical application is presented. The method is shown to be useful for analytical application through example derivations for two 7 revolute jointed manipulators and a platform mounted nonredundant manipulator.
In this paper the stability of a control scheme for bilateral master-slave teleoperation is investigated. Given the nominal models of the master and slave dynamics, and using an approximate feedback linearization cont...
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In this paper the stability of a control scheme for bilateral master-slave teleoperation is investigated. Given the nominal models of the master and slave dynamics, and using an approximate feedback linearization control, based on the earlier work of Spong and Vidyasagar, 1987, a robust closed-loop system (position and force) can be obtained with a multiloop version of the small gain theorem. It is shown that stable bilateral teleoperating systems can be achieved under the assumption that the deviation of the models from the actual systems satisfies certain norm inequalities. We also show that, using the proposed scheme, the tracking error (position/velocity and force/torque) is bounded and it can be made arbitrarily small. The control scheme is illustrated using the simulation of a three-degree-of-freedom master-slave teleoperator (three-degree-of-freedom master and three-degree-of-freedom slave).
This paper presents the methods of design and control for a coupled tendon-driven robot hand with stiffness control capability. By using the tendon as a force transmission mechanism, we can achieve the compact design ...
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This paper presents the methods of design and control for a coupled tendon-driven robot hand with stiffness control capability. By using the tendon as a force transmission mechanism, we can achieve the compact design of the robot hand. Because of the tendon characteristics, we consider the tendon slacking problem when the joint is unexpectedly disturbed and the tendon elongation problem when the collocated position sensing method is used for compact design. To cope with these problems, two fundamental algorithms are developed. First, the position estimation algorithm is developed to evaluate the accurate position of the hand, and an antagonistic tendon controller is introduced. Secondly, the active stiffness control algorithm is developed to control the fingertip force.< >
The authors describe the computer architecture for the IRIS Facility, a versatile, multi-degree-of-freedom reconfigurable and expandable setup for research in grasping and manipulation. The proposed computer architect...
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The authors describe the computer architecture for the IRIS Facility, a versatile, multi-degree-of-freedom reconfigurable and expandable setup for research in grasping and manipulation. The proposed computer architecture involves powerful 10 MFLOPS RISC (reduced instruction set computer) processor nodes and a fast point-to-point communication network. Each node includes a host computer and parallel input/output modules. The nodes are controlled by nearly zero-overhead customized real-time OS kernels responsible for task scheduling, communication, and user-interface.< >
In this paper, the robust control of robot manipulators with consideration of motor dynamics is studied. A robust control scheme is designed based on a third-order dynamic model of robot manipulators that incorporates...
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In this paper, the robust control of robot manipulators with consideration of motor dynamics is studied. A robust control scheme is designed based on a third-order dynamic model of robot manipulators that incorporates motor dynamics. The motor torque ripple and parameter uncertainty of the armature circuit are taken into account. The well known robust saturation control technique is applied to the third-order dynamic model to design a control law that guarantees the uniform ultimate boundedness of the closed-loop tracking errors. Simulations are conducted to evaluate the proposed control method, and the results have confirmed its effectiveness.
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