scholarly journals Playing the piano with a robotic third thumb: assessing constraints of human augmentation

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Shafti ◽  
Shlomi Haar ◽  
Renato Mio ◽  
Pierre Guilleminot ◽  
A. Aldo Faisal
Keyword(s):  
Motor Control ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Motor Coordination ◽  
Two Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Open Question ◽  
Human Augmentation ◽  
Individual Motor ◽  
Piano Playing

AbstractContemporary robotics gives us mechatronic capabilities for augmenting human bodies with extra limbs. However, how our motor control capabilities pose limits on such augmentation is an open question. We developed a Supernumerary Robotic 3rd Thumbs (SR3T) with two degrees-of-freedom controlled by the user’s body to endow them with an extra contralateral thumb on the hand. We demonstrate that a pianist can learn to play the piano with 11 fingers within an hour. We then evaluate 6 naïve and 6 experienced piano players in their prior motor coordination and their capability in piano playing with the robotic augmentation. We show that individuals’ augmented performance with the SR3T could be explained by our new custom motor coordination assessment, the Human Augmentation Motor Coordination Assessment (HAMCA) performed pre-augmentation. Our work demonstrates how supernumerary robotics can augment humans in skilled tasks and that individual differences in their augmentation capability are explainable by their individual motor coordination abilities.

scholarly journals Learning to play the piano with the Supernumerary Robotic 3rd Thumb

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Shafti ◽  
Shlomi Haar ◽  
Renato Mio Zaldivar ◽  
Pierre Guilleminot ◽  
A. Aldo Faisal
Keyword(s):  
Motor Learning ◽  
Time Scales ◽  
Motor Coordination ◽  
Human Subjects ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Musical Score ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Human Augmentation ◽  
Individual Motor ◽  
Individual Human

AbstractWe wanted to study the ability of our brains and bodies to be augmented by supernumerary robot limbs, here extra fingers. We developed a mechanically highly functional supernumerary robotic 3rd thumb actuator, the SR3T, and interfaced it with human users enabling them to play the piano with 11 fingers. We devised a set of measurement protocols and behavioural “biomarkers”, the Human Augmentation Motor Coordination Assessment (HAMCA), which allowed us a priori to predict how well each individual human user could, after training, play the piano with a two-thumbs-hand. To evaluate augmented music playing ability we devised a simple musical score, as well as metrics for assessing the accuracy of playing the score. We evaluated the SR3T (supernumerary robotic 3rd thumb) on 12 human subjects including 6 naïve and 6 experienced piano players. We demonstrated that humans can learn to play the piano with a 6-fingered hand within one hour of training. For each subject we could predict individually, based solely on their HAMCA performance before training, how well they were able to perform with the extra robotic thumb, after training (training end-point performance). Our work demonstrates the feasibility of robotic human augmentation with supernumerary robotic limbs within short time scales. We show how linking the neuroscience of motor learning with dexterous robotics and human-robot interfacing can be used to inform a priori how far individual motor impaired patients or healthy manual workers could benefit from robotic augmentation solutions.

The scientific bases of autocontrol with vibration phase for a resonance beating-vibration system with two degrees of freedom driven by debalances

1996 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-48
Author(s):  
Tran Van Tuan ◽  
Do Sanh ◽  
Luu Duc Thach
Keyword(s):  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Regulation System ◽  
Vibration System ◽  
Two Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
System Operating

In the paper it is introduced a method for studying dynamics of beating-vibrators by means of digital calculation with the help of the machine in accordance with the needs by the helps of an available auto regulation system operating with high reability.

scholarly journals Two Degrees of Freedom Slip Controller with Lateral Torque Distribution

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 14450-14455
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Degel ◽  
Stefan Lupberger ◽  
Dirk Odenthal ◽  
Naim Bajcinca
Keyword(s):  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Torque Distribution ◽  
Two Degrees Of Freedom

scholarly journals Torque Ripple Suppression of PMSM Based on Robust Two Degrees-of-Freedom Resonant Controller

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 1015
Author(s):  
Mingfei Huang ◽  
Yongting Deng ◽  
Hongwen Li ◽  
Jing Liu ◽  
Meng Shao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Control Strategy ◽  
Measurement Errors ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Torque Ripple ◽  
Current Loop ◽  
Two Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Robust Stability Analysis ◽  
Resonant Controller ◽  
Testing Environments

This paper concentrates on a robust resonant control strategy of a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) for electric drivers with model uncertainties and external disturbances to improve the control performance of the current loop. Firstly, to reduce the torque ripple of PMSM, the resonant controller with fractional order (FO) calculus is introduced. Then, a robust two degrees-of-freedom (Robust-TDOF) control strategy was designed based on the modified resonant controller. Finally, by combining the two control methods, this study proposes an enhanced Robust-TDOF regulation method, named as the robust two degrees-of-freedom resonant controller (Robust-TDOFR), to guarantee the robustness of model uncertainty and to further improve the performance with minimized periodic torque ripples. Meanwhile, a tuning method was constructed followed by stability and robust stability analysis. Furthermore, the proposed Robust-TDOFR control method was applied in the current loop of a PMSM to suppress the periodic current harmonics caused by non-ideal factors of inverter and current measurement errors. Finally, simulations and experiments were performed to validate our control strategy. The simulation and experimental results showed that the THDs (total harmonic distortion) of phase current decreased to a level of 0.69% and 5.79% in the two testing environments.

scholarly journals Analysis of Dynamic Response of a Two Degrees of Freedom (2-DOF) Ball Bearing Nonlinear Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 787
Author(s):  
Bartłomiej Ambrożkiewicz ◽  
Grzegorz Litak ◽  
Anthimos Georgiadis ◽  
Nicolas Meier ◽  
Alexander Gassner
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Model ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Ball Bearing ◽  
Hertzian Contact ◽  
Two Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Shape Errors ◽  
Nonlinear Features ◽  
Fourier Transform Phase ◽  
Hertzian Contact Theory

Often the input values used in mathematical models for rolling bearings are in a wide range, i.e., very small values of deformation and damping are confronted with big values of stiffness in the governing equations, which leads to miscalculations. This paper presents a two degrees of freedom (2-DOF) dimensionless mathematical model for ball bearings describing a procedure, which helps to scale the problem and reveal the relationships between dimensionless terms and their influence on the system’s response. The derived mathematical model considers nonlinear features as stiffness, damping, and radial internal clearance referring to the Hertzian contact theory. Further, important features are also taken into account including an external load, the eccentricity of the shaft-bearing system, and shape errors on the raceway investigating variable dynamics of the ball bearing. Analysis of obtained responses with Fast Fourier Transform, phase plots, orbit plots, and recurrences provide a rich source of information about the dynamics of the system and it helped to find the transition between the periodic and chaotic response and how it affects the topology of RPs and recurrence quantificators.

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