The paper explores the challenging task of performing a non-prehensile manipulation of several balls synchronously rolling on the curved hands of Butterfly robots. Each Butterfly robot represents a standard benchmark ...
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(数字)9798350377705
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(纸本)9798350377712
The paper explores the challenging task of performing a non-prehensile manipulation of several balls synchronously rolling on the curved hands of Butterfly robots. Each Butterfly robot represents a standard benchmark hardware setup, comprising a DC motor rotating a butterfly-shaped frame in a vertical plane, with a ball moving freely upon it, equipped with integrated computer vision, communication, programmable control, and computation interfaces. The combined dynamics of the considered system, consisting of N ≥ 2 such robots, is inherently underactuated, characterized by N active and N passive degrees of freedom, as well as N independent unilateral constraints that model the interactions between the frames and the balls, assuming no slipping. We focus on designing a model-based centralized feedback controller to achieve synchronized rotations of the balls. We assume the accuracy of our mathematical model and the feasibility of implementing a discretized version of the proposed continuous-time controller with a sufficiently small sampling time, that, in particular, is necessary for numerical differentiation. Relying on orbital stability of nominal periodic solution of the closed-loop system, we will experimentally check robustness to various inevitable challenges such as noises, disturbances, uncertainties, and communication delays. Hence, our concentration lies in designing an orbitally stabilizing controller for the underactuated models. The primary contribution is proposing one set of transverse coordinates, enabling transverse-linearization-based controller design, accompanied by pertinent closed-loop system analysis tools, thereby enhancing the efficacy of solving the manipulation task. Analytical and model-based arguments are validated through successful simulations and experiments conducted on two Butterfly robots, thereby emphasizing the validity and practicality of the proposed approach.
In this contribution the optimal stabilization problem of periodic orbits is studied in a symplectic geometry setting. For this, the stable manifold theory for the point stabilization case is generalized to the case o...
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In this contribution the optimal stabilization problem of periodic orbits is studied in a symplectic geometry setting. For this, the stable manifold theory for the point stabilization case is generalized to the case of periodic orbit stabilization. Sufficient conditions for the existence of a normally hyperbolic invariant manifold (NHIM) of the Hamiltonian system are derived. It is shown that the optimal control problem has a solution if the related periodic Riccati equation has a unique periodic solution. For the analysis of the stable and unstable manifold a coordinate transformation is used which is moving along the orbit. As an example, an optimal control problem is considered for a spring-mass oscillator system, which should be stabilized at a certain energy level.
This study focuses on a three-dimensional measurement system of components on a printed-circuit-board (PCB). Most existing methods for automatic optical inspection face the problem of light reflecting on components. W...
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control barrier functions (CBFs) are widely used in safety-critical controllers. However, constructing a valid CBF is challenging, especially under nonlinear or non-convex constraints and for high relative degree syst...
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(数字)9781665467612
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(纸本)9781665467629
control barrier functions (CBFs) are widely used in safety-critical controllers. However, constructing a valid CBF is challenging, especially under nonlinear or non-convex constraints and for high relative degree systems. Meanwhile, finding a conservative CBF that only recovers a portion of the true safe set is usually possible. In this work, starting from a "conservative" handcrafted CBF (HCBF), we develop a method to find a CBF that recovers a reasonably larger portion of the safe set. Since the learned CBF controller is not guaranteed to be safe during training iterations, we use a model predictive controller (MPC) to ensure safety during training. Using the collected trajectory data containing safe and unsafe interactions, we train a neural network to estimate the difference between the HCBF and a CBF that recovers a closer solution to the true safe set. With our proposed approach, we can generate safe controllers that are less conservative and computationally more efficient. We validate our approach on two systems: a second-order integrator and a ball-on-beam.
This study presents the conflict-aware multi-agent estimated time of arrival (CAMETA) framework, a novel approach for predicting the arrival times of multiple agents in unstructured environments without predefined roa...
This study presents the conflict-aware multi-agent estimated time of arrival (CAMETA) framework, a novel approach for predicting the arrival times of multiple agents in unstructured environments without predefined road infrastructure. The CAMETA framework consists of three components: a path planning layer generating potential path suggestions, a multi-agent ETA prediction layer predicting the arrival times for all agents based on the paths, and lastly, a path selection layer that calculates the accumulated cost and selects the best path. The novelty of the CAMETA framework lies in the heterogeneous map representation and the heterogeneous graph neural network architecture. As a result of the proposed novel structure, CAMETA improves the generalization capability compared to the state-of-the-art methods that rely on structured road infrastructure and historical data. The simulation results demonstrate the efficiency and efficacy of the multi-agent ETA prediction layer, with a mean average percentage error improvement of 29.5% and 44% when compared to a traditional path planning method (A *) which does not consider conflicts. The performance of the CAMETA framework shows significant improvements in terms of robustness to noise and conflicts as well as determining proficient routes compared to state-of-the-art multi-agent path planners.
This paper introduces for the first time the design, modelling, and control of a novel morphing multirotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) that we call the OmniMorph. The morphing ability allows the selection of the con...
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This paper proposes PredictiveSLAM, a novel extension to ORB-SLAM2, which extracts features from specific regions of interest (ROI). The proposed method was designed with the risk posed both to humans and robotic syst...
This paper proposes PredictiveSLAM, a novel extension to ORB-SLAM2, which extracts features from specific regions of interest (ROI). The proposed method was designed with the risk posed both to humans and robotic systems in large-scale industrial sites in mind. The ROI are determined through an object detection network trained to detect moving human beings. The method detects and removes humans from feature extraction, predicting their potential future trajectory. This is done by omitting a specific ROI from extraction, deemed to be occluded in consecutive time steps. Two masking methods -static object and moving object trajectories - are proposed. This approach improves tracking accuracy and the performance of SLAM by removing the dynamic features from the reference for tracking and loop closures. The method is tested on data collected in a laboratory environment and compared against a state-of-the-art ground truth system. The validation data was collected from real-time experiments which aimed at simulating the typical human worker behaviours in industrial environments using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). This study illustrates the advantages of the proposed method over earlier approaches, even with a highly dynamic camera setup on a UAV working in challenging environments.
The problem of non-collocated vibration absorption is targeted utilizing a multiparameter delay-based controller. The combined objective is to achieve closed-loop stability and vibration suppression at a target locati...
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The problem of non-collocated vibration absorption is targeted utilizing a multiparameter delay-based controller. The combined objective is to achieve closed-loop stability and vibration suppression at a target location, which is different from the position of the absorber. This problem can be translated into an optimization problem of shaping the poles of a closed-loop system with delays subject to zero-location constraints. The solution approach involves remodelling the closed-loop system as a system of delay-differential algebraic equations (DDAEs) which allows to systematically account for delays in the control law, thereby enabling a straightforward technique for computation of controller parameters. Finally, the proposed design method is validated by simulation on a lumped parameter model of a mass-spring-damper system.
A control design for error reduction in the tracking control for a class of nonlower triangular nonlinear systems is presented by combining techniques of Variable Power Surface Error Function (VPSEF), backstepping, an...
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Estimating the impact intensity is one of the significant tasks of the legged robot. Accurate feedback of the impact may support the robot to plan a suitable and efficient trajectory to adapt to unknown complex terrai...
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