Adaptive Robust Impedance Control of Haptic Systems for Skill Transfer

Author(s):  
Ashkan Rashvand ◽  
Mohammad Javad Ahmadi ◽  
Mohammad Motaharifar ◽  
Mahdi Tavakoli ◽  
Hamid D. Taghirad
2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bonnie L. Angelone ◽  
Richard W. Hass ◽  
Marissa Cohen
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2014 ◽  
Vol 672-674 ◽  
pp. 1770-1773 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fu Cheng Cao ◽  
Li Min Du

Aimed at improving the dynamic response of the lower limb for patients, an impedance control method based on sliding mode was presented to implement an active rehabilitation. Impedance control can achieve a target-reaching training without the help of a therapist and sliding mode control has a robustness to system uncertainty and vary limb strength. Simulations demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed method for lower limb rehabilitation.


Author(s):  
Yali Han ◽  
Jinfei Shi ◽  
Han Sun ◽  
Weijie Zhou ◽  
Hongyao Guan ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loris Roveda ◽  
Dario Piga

AbstractIndustrial robots are increasingly used to perform tasks requiring an interaction with the surrounding environment (e.g., assembly tasks). Such environments are usually (partially) unknown to the robot, requiring the implemented controllers to suitably react to the established interaction. Standard controllers require force/torque measurements to close the loop. However, most of the industrial manipulators do not have embedded force/torque sensor(s) and such integration results in additional costs and implementation effort. To extend the use of compliant controllers to sensorless interaction control, a model-based methodology is presented in this paper. Relying on sensorless Cartesian impedance control, two Extended Kalman Filters (EKF) are proposed: an EKF for interaction force estimation and an EKF for environment stiffness estimation. Exploiting such estimations, a control architecture is proposed to implement a sensorless force loop (exploiting the provided estimated force) with adaptive Cartesian impedance control and coupling dynamics compensation (exploiting the provided estimated environment stiffness). The described approach has been validated in both simulations and experiments. A Franka EMIKA panda robot has been used. A probing task involving different materials (i.e., with different - unknown - stiffness properties) has been considered to show the capabilities of the developed EKFs (able to converge with limited errors) and control tuning (preserving stability). Additionally, a polishing-like task and an assembly task have been implemented to show the achieved performance of the proposed methodology.


Author(s):  
Oladayo S Ajani ◽  
Samy FM Assal

Recently, people with upper arm disabilities due to neurological disorders, stroke or old age are receiving robotic assistance to perform several activities such as shaving, eating, brushing and drinking. Although the full potential of robotic assistance lies in the use of fully autonomous robotic systems, these systems are limited in design due to the complexities and the associated risks. Hence, rather than the shared controlled or active robotic systems used for such tasks around the head, an adaptive compliance control scheme-based autonomous robotic system for beard shaving assistance is proposed. The system includes an autonomous online face detection and tracking as well as selected geometrical features-based beard region estimation using the Kinect RGB-D camera. Online trajectory planning for achieving the shaving task is enabled; with the capability of online re-planning trajectories in case of unintended head pose movement and occlusion. Based on the dynamics of the UR-10 6-DOF manipulator using ADAMS and MATLAB, an adaptive force tracking impedance controller whose parameters are tuned using Genetic Algorithm (GA) with force/torque constraints is developed. This controller can regulate the contact force under head pose changing and varying shaving region stiffness by adjusting the target stiffness of the controller. Simulation results demonstrate the system capability to achieve beard shaving autonomously with varying environmental parameters that can be extended for achieving other tasks around the head such as feeding, drinking and brushing.


Author(s):  
Song Yan ◽  
Jinping Ao

Aerobics has always been an imperative facet in school curricula, right from elementary to higher institutions of learning like colleges and universities. Its importance in physical and mental well-being cannot be overlooked, especially in this information age, where a sizeable subset of the population has adopted a sedentary lifestyle. Unwholesomeness is still evident notwithstanding its introduction and practice in most institutions. This is presumably due to the lack of a better way to utilize its full potential. This calls for better implementation, for which this paper is written. The object of this paper is to look into the application of sport skill transfer theory in teaching aerobics. Skill transfer is a method of propagating a skill from one docket to the other for the sole purpose of process improvement. Sport skill transfer is thus the process of adopting skills used in sports into the aerobics teaching curriculum. The transfer of these skills will transform the teaching curriculum and processes in the course of aerobics lessons. Some skills which the paper will be delving into are; the use of competition as a tool. Fair competition is always known to improve processes to a certain degree. Other than competition vs practice comparisons, the paper also looks into biofeedback for which it elaborates on the importance of employing electromyogram (EMG) in monitoring motor movements; bilateral skill transfer and the use of imagery are also elaborated. It further discusses the dynamics of aerobics and sports, drawing the similarities and differences of the duo and showing the application of the former’s skills in teaching the later, especially in this information era.


Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (17) ◽  
pp. 4911
Author(s):  
Qian Hao ◽  
Zhaoba Wang ◽  
Junzheng Wang ◽  
Guangrong Chen

Stability is a prerequisite for legged robots to execute tasks and traverse rough terrains. To guarantee the stability of quadruped locomotion and improve the terrain adaptability of quadruped robots, a stability-guaranteed and high terrain adaptability static gait for quadruped robots is addressed. Firstly, three chosen stability-guaranteed static gaits: intermittent gait 1&2 and coordinated gait are investigated. In addition, then the static gait: intermittent gait 1, which is with the biggest stability margin, is chosen to do a further research about quadruped robots walking on rough terrains. Secondly, a position/force based impedance control is employed to achieve a compliant behavior of quadruped robots on rough terrains. Thirdly, an exploratory gait planning method on uneven terrains with touch sensing and an attitude-position adjustment strategy with terrain estimation are proposed to improve the terrain adaptability of quadruped robots. Finally, the proposed methods are validated by simulations.


Actuators ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Junjie Dai ◽  
Chin-Yin Chen ◽  
Renfeng Zhu ◽  
Guilin Yang ◽  
Chongchong Wang ◽  
...  

Installing force-controlled end-effectors on the end of industrial robots has become the mainstream method for robot force control. Additionally, during the polishing process, contact force stability has an important impact on polishing quality. However, due to the difference between the robot structure and the force-controlled end-effector, in the polishing operation, direct force control will have impact during the transition from noncontact to contact between the tool and the workpiece. Although impedance control can solve this problem, industrial robots still produce vibrations with high inertia and low stiffness. Therefore, this research proposes an impedance matching control strategy based on traditional direct force control and impedance control methods to improve this problem. This method’s primary purpose is to avoid force vibration in the contact phase and maintain force–tracking performance during the dynamic tracking phase. Simulation and experimental results show that this method can smoothly track the contact force and reduce vibration compared with traditional force control and impedance control.


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