While programming a telemanipulator the operator often uses special input devices to generate trajectories, which are to difficult for automatic planers. Though the trajectories are evaluated by a simulation and shown...
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Mobile microrobots, which are capable of performing microscopic motions, have become a subject of great interest all over the world, They have the potential to be used for a variety of applications: in industry for as...
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Mobile microrobots, which are capable of performing microscopic motions, have become a subject of great interest all over the world, They have the potential to be used for a variety of applications: in industry for assembly of microsystems or for the testing of silicon chips;in medicine for handling biological cells, etc. A new model of an automated micromanipulation station, which includes piezoelectric microrobots is now being built by an interdisciplinary research group at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, This paper describes a sensor system and a powerful tailorable computer for controlling the micromanipulation station.
In this paper we present a reactive planning and control system for redundant manipulators based on multi-agents. It enables the reactive motion of manipulators in unknown environments by integrating sensor data. All ...
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In this paper we present a reactive planning and control system for redundant manipulators based on multi-agents. It enables the reactive motion of manipulators in unknown environments by integrating sensor data. All agent is responsible for calculating and controlling the motion of one joint, therefore it is called "joint agent". The agents, their communication and coordination are presented in this paper. Results are demonstrated for a 7-DOF redundant manipulator covered with tactile sensors.
This paper presents the different possibilities for parallel processing in robot control architectures. Initially, the authors briefly review the historic development of control architectures. Then, a list of requirem...
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This paper presents the different possibilities for parallel processing in robot control architectures. Initially, the authors briefly review the historic development of control architectures. Then, a list of requirements for control architectures is set up from a parallel processing point of view. As their main topic, they identify the levels of parallel processing in robot control architectures. With each level of parallelism, examples for a typical robot control architecture are presented. Finally, a list of keywords is provided for each previous work the authors refer to.
The application of manipulators in unknown or rapidly changing environments requires fast sensors and data evaluation as well as reactive integration into the robot control system. This paper describes an artificial s...
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The application of manipulators in unknown or rapidly changing environments requires fast sensors and data evaluation as well as reactive integration into the robot control system. This paper describes an artificial sensitive skin mounted on a robot manipulator developed in order to achieve this purpose. Therefore, different principles for tactile sensing are evaluated. By totally covering a body with tactile sensors every contact may be detected immediately. When evaluated reactively local integration leads to the immediate contact termination by causing a movement of the related robot joint. On the other hand, the skin may be used to establish or improve a map of the environment by selecting and executing appropriate exploratory movements. Experimental results are included to demonstrate the feasibility of the developed sensory system.
Todays’ applications of manipulators in industry are restricted to environments which are known in advance and specially adapted to robots, as these manipulators are not flexible enough to move reliably in unknown or...
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Todays’ applications of manipulators in industry are restricted to environments which are known in advance and specially adapted to robots, as these manipulators are not flexible enough to move reliably in unknown or complex environments. In this paper, we present a multi-agent based reactive planning and control system for redundant manipulators. This approach enables the reactive motion of manipulators in an unknown environment. In the system described in this paper, an agent is responsible for calculating and controlling the motion of one joint, therefore it is called “joint agent”. A joint agent is responsible for evaluating the sensors on the according link, for calculating motions of the joint which minimize the distance of the endeffector to a cartesian goal and which avoid sensed obstacles. These local algorithms possess only small complexity compared to the algorithms needed for global optimal motion planning and can be calculated very fast. Thus reactive motions are possible. The agents are coordinated by communication. Additionally to the coordination by communication, a superior level is responsible for optimizing the agents’ actions by evaluating complexer criteria. Besides that, the local sensor data is integrated into a global model of the environment on this level. This paper concentrates on the local reactive level. Several local criteria in order to generate the reactive movements are presented. Our testbed, a redundant manipulator covered with tactile sensors, is presented in detail.
Controlling multifingered robot hands makes high demands on the control algorithms and the speed of the control computer. The nonlinear friction, the impact problem and other plant uncertainties require a special kind...
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Controlling multifingered robot hands makes high demands on the control algorithms and the speed of the control computer. The nonlinear friction, the impact problem and other plant uncertainties require a special kind of control and tuning of the controller. Some simple linear and nonlinear controllers for the Karlsruhe Dexterous Hand are presented and the results and advantages of the controllers are shown. Also, a new adaptive fuzzy controller is presented to overcome the time consuming process of fine-tuning the membership functions. Finally, a short glance at the hardware platform is taken in order to show the control system architecture.
In contrast to a hierarchical and centralized structure, distributed or decentralized control architectures reveal their main advantages when it is necessary to enhance the system, to integrate components, and to main...
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In contrast to a hierarchical and centralized structure, distributed or decentralized control architectures reveal their main advantages when it is necessary to enhance the system, to integrate components, and to maintain the system. The main disadvantage of not centralized architectures is having to make sure that the system will fulfill an overall or global goal. To investigate these problems, a distributed control architecture for intelligent systems was developed at the University of Karlsruhe. In this paper, the methods for dead-lock-free coordination and cooperation are explained.
Within the last years the programming by demonstration (PbD) programming methodology gained more and more attention in robotics. However, a high quality way of human-robot interaction is crucial for a successful appli...
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Within the last years the programming by demonstration (PbD) programming methodology gained more and more attention in robotics. However, a high quality way of human-robot interaction is crucial for a successful application of the PbD methodology in robotics. Hypotheses derived from the programming system, and control knowledge included in a generated robot program has to be checked back with and to be verified by the user in order to avoid potentially harmful errors that lead to faulty code. This paper describes a method for user-robot interaction that is based on 3D-icons and supports and facilitates the programming process in a robot programming by demonstration system significantly.
The need for simulation in medical environments increases with the complexity and risks of operations. Exact geometric planning is one of the main problems a surgeon has to deal with. The goal of the authors' rese...
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The need for simulation in medical environments increases with the complexity and risks of operations. Exact geometric planning is one of the main problems a surgeon has to deal with. The goal of the authors' research is the development of a graphical simulation of the human mastication system. Therefore, they are developing an integrated model of the jaw by parameterizing the bones (maxilla and mandible) and modeling the motion capabilities as well as the mastication muscles. The main focus of the paper is the introduction of a kinematic model of the temporomandibular joint and modeling of the mastication muscles. The kinematic model describes the geometrical and analytical movement of the jaw by specially defined axes. By modifying the axes or the geometrical model of the mandible, a surgeon can get a first impression of the post-operative result of, for example, a repositioning. Through integration of the muscles and muscle forces, one can even obtain a dynamic simulation of the whole mastication system.
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