In this study, the authors present the role playing learning scheme for a mobile robot to navigate socially with its human companion in populated environments. Neural networks (NNs) are constructed to parameterise a...
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In this study, the authors present the role playing learning scheme for a mobile robot to navigate socially with its human companion in populated environments. Neural networks (NNs) are constructed to parameterise a stochastic policy that directly maps sensory data collected by the robot to its velocity outputs, while respecting a set of social norms. An efficient simulative learning environment is built with maps and pedestrians trajectories collected from a number of real-world crowd data sets. In each learning iteration, a robot equipped with the NN policy is created virtually in the learning environment to play itself as a companied pedestrian and navigate towards a goal in a socially concomitant manner. Thus, this process is called role playing learning, which is formulated under a reinforcement learning framework. The NN policy is optimised end-to-end using trust region policy optimisation, with consideration of the imperfectness of robot's sensor measurements. Simulative and experimental results are provided to demonstrate the efficacy and superiority of the proposed method.
The topic of this special issue deals with a subject matter that has been receiving immense attention from various research communities, and not only within the signal processing community. Discusses research and deve...
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The topic of this special issue deals with a subject matter that has been receiving immense attention from various research communities, and not only within the signal processing community. Discusses research and development in the area of the adaption and learning over complex network systems. Extensive research efforts on information processing over graphs exist within other fields such as statistics, computer science, optimization, control, economics, machine learning, biological sciences, and social sciences. Different fields tend to emphasize different aspects and challenges; nevertheless, opportunities for mutual cooperation are abundantly clear, and the role that signal processing plays in this domain is of fundamental importance.
Two types of coaxial self-balancing robots(CSBR)were proposed,one can be used as a mobile robot platform for parts transporting in unmanned factory or as an inspector in dangerous areas,and the other can be used as a ...
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Two types of coaxial self-balancing robots(CSBR)were proposed,one can be used as a mobile robot platform for parts transporting in unmanned factory or as an inspector in dangerous areas,and the other can be used as a personal transporter ridden in *** designing and control structures as well as control strategies were described and compared in order to get a general way to develop such robots.A state feedback controller and a fuzzy controller were designed for the robot using DC servo motors and the robot using torque motors,*** experiments indicate that the robots can realize various desired operations smoothly and agilely at the velocity of 0.6 m/s with an operator of 65 ***,the robustness of the controllers is revealed since these controllers can stabilize the robot even with unknown external disturbances.
Traditional rigid-body in-pipe robots usually have complex and heavy structures with limited flexibility and *** soft in-pipe robots have great improvements in flexibility,they still have manufacturing difficulties du...
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Traditional rigid-body in-pipe robots usually have complex and heavy structures with limited flexibility and *** soft in-pipe robots have great improvements in flexibility,they still have manufacturing difficulties due to their reliance on high-performance soft *** structure is a kind of self-stressed spatial structure consisting discrete rigid struts connected by a continuous net of tensional flexible strings,which combines the advantages of both rigid structures and soft *** applying tensegrity structures into robotics,this paper proposes a novel worm-like tensegrity robot for moving inside ***,a robot module capable of body deformation is designed based on the concept of tensegrity and its deformation performance is ***,the optimal parameters of the module are obtained based on the tensegrity *** deformation ability of the tensegrity module is tested ***,the worm-like tensegrity robot that can crawl inside pipes is developed by connecting three modules in *** performance and load capacity are tested on the prototype of the worm-like tensegrity robot by experiments of moving in horizontal pipe,vertical pipe,and elbow *** results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed design and suggest that the robot has high compliance,mobility,and adaptability although with simple structure and low cost.
This paper introduces the new design of a Micro Inertial Measurement Unit(-IMU)-based sensor mote for wireless body sensor network(BSN).The-IMU unit consists of a three-axis accelerometer,a three-axis gyroscope MPU605...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9789881563842
This paper introduces the new design of a Micro Inertial Measurement Unit(-IMU)-based sensor mote for wireless body sensor network(BSN).The-IMU unit consists of a three-axis accelerometer,a three-axis gyroscope MPU6050,and a three-axis electronic compass *** MCU uses a CC2530 which integrates an 8051 core and 2.4GHz *** hardware design and Z-Stack-based software architecture of the sensor mote are discussed in details.A MATLAB program is used to collect experimental data for *** system shows several advantages in high integration,compact volume,and accurate sensing capability,which is critical for wearable inertial measurement and body capture.
In large-scale manufacturing and automation, cooperative robotic manipulation requires lower-level controllers to generate specific position or force commands based on real-time information. However, adapting these co...
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In large-scale manufacturing and automation, cooperative robotic manipulation requires lower-level controllers to generate specific position or force commands based on real-time information. However, adapting these controllers for different objects or trajectories often demands a complete re-learning process. Contextual Reinforcement Learning (CRL) offers a method to generalize controllers across various contexts, yet it frequently faces instability and inefficiency due to uncertain contact dynamics and external disturbances, especially in real-world industrial environments. To enhance process efficiency and sustainability in robotic systems, a Model-Based Contextual Reinforcement Learning (MCRL) approach is proposed, leveraging metaheuristic solutions to optimize cooperative manipulation. The approach includes a parameterized lower-level control policy, designed using projected inverse dynamics for decoupled control in both constrained and unconstrained subspaces. A probabilistic forward model further enhances the cooperative manipulation process by calculating expected returns and mitigating risk-sensitive biases. Through these optimizations, the MCRL framework efficiently generalizes lower-level policies and improves operational performance. Evaluation on a multi-robot simulation system and a physical dual-arm platform demonstrates the approach’s effectiveness in achieving high-quality, sustainable policies for cooperative manipulation tasks, aligning with the goals of improved efficiency and resource utilization in manufacturing.
Dynamic modeling is essential for serial manipulators’ design and control. Multi-body dynamics simulators, such as SIMULINK and Adams, can precisely replicate a robot’s dynamic behavior but are incapable of determin...
Dynamic modeling is essential for serial manipulators’ design and control. Multi-body dynamics simulators, such as SIMULINK and Adams, can precisely replicate a robot’s dynamic behavior but are incapable of determining its nonlinear dynamic model. This work aims to identify serial manipulators’ dynamics from simulation data, which extends the capability of using an algorithm that combines the Euler-Lagrange method and sparse identification of nonlinear dynamics (SINDy) with physics-based constraints and Akaike Information Criterion (AICc). The algorithm is called Recursive SINDy Euler-Lagrange (R-SIEL). The Euler-Lagrange method is used to construct a preliminary library of symbolic functions. The physics-informed constraints, which utilize the similarities between the symbolic coefficients of the dynamic equations, are employed to decrease the number of functions in the library to get a constrained library. SINDy is equipped with three kinds of constraints: the constrained library, the dataset, and similarities between links’ dynamic equations. The generation of the three distinct datasets—training, constraints, and testing data—uses simulated data from the MATLAB® SIMULINK environment. The algorithms of sequential threshold least-squares and L 0 -minimization are coded with the convex optimization package CVX to determine the best dynamic model. The resulting models are tested with the testing dataset, and based on the lowest AICc, the best model is chosen. The proposed algorithm is applied to different serial manipulators: 2DOF robot, Stanford, PRR robot, ABB SCARA, UR5, and KUKA KR4 AGILUS robots. The resulting model is validated with the dynamic model derived using the conventional Euler-Lagrange method. For the considered manipulators, the R-SIEL algorithm shows a high capability to identify the dynamic model compared to the one identified compared to the previous algorithm.
Traditional feedback linearization approach (TFL) requires a priori knowledge of plant, which is difficult and the computational efficiency of controller is low due to the complex dynamics of spatial 6-DOF hydraulic p...
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A novel calibration approach for mobile robot equipped with encoder and monocular camera has been proposed in this *** this work,we divide the calibration into four steps:1) a coarse calibration step is employed to es...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781538631089;9781538631072
A novel calibration approach for mobile robot equipped with encoder and monocular camera has been proposed in this *** this work,we divide the calibration into four steps:1) a coarse calibration step is employed to estimate the transform between odometry and visual system and the scale of visual system;2) a nonlinear-optimization step is employed to optimize the transform between odometry and visual system;3) during the process of SLAM of mobile robot,the transform between odometry and visual system is optimized with the poses of mobile robot and positions of mappoints in a local map;4) the scale of visual system is optimized after a loop *** method uses only nature features in visual system without any artificial landmark or any prior *** experiment and compare have been performed to illustrate the effectiveness.
In order to meet the requirements of the space environment for the lightweight and load capacity of the manipulator,this paper designs a lightweight space manipulator with a weight of 9.23 kg and a load of 2 *** adopt...
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In order to meet the requirements of the space environment for the lightweight and load capacity of the manipulator,this paper designs a lightweight space manipulator with a weight of 9.23 kg and a load of 2 *** adopts the EtherCAT communication protocol and has the characteristics of high load-to-weight *** order to achieve constant force tracking under the condition of unknown environmental parameters,an integral adaptive admittance control method is *** control law is expressed as a third-order linear system equation,the operating environment is equivalent to a spring model,and the control error transfer function is *** control performance under the step response is further *** simulation results show that the proposed integral adaptive admittance control method has better performance than the traditional *** has no steady-state error,overcomes the problems caused by nonlinear discrete compensation,and can facilitate analysis in the frequency domain,realize parameter optimization,and improve calculation accuracy.
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