Redundancy resolution and control of a nonholonomic mobile manipulator using Kinect mounted on UAV

Author(s):  
Arjun Bhasin ◽  
Ashish Dutta
2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 475-489
Author(s):  
G. Pająk

A method of planning sub-optimal trajectory for a mobile manipulator working in the environment including obstacles is presented. The path of the end-effector is defined as a curve that can be parameterized by any scaling parameter, the reference trajectory of a mobile platform is not needed. Constraints connected with the existence of mechanical limits for a given manipulator configuration, collision avoidance conditions and control constraints are considered. The motion of the mobile manipulator is planned in order to maximize the manipulability measure, thus to avoid manipulator singularities. The method is based on a penalty function approach and a redundancy resolution at the acceleration level. A computer example involving a mobile manipulator consisting of a nonholonomic platform and a SCARA type holonomic manipulator operating in a two-dimensional task space is also presented.


2014 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-55
Author(s):  
Grzegorz Pajak ◽  
Iwona Pajak

Abstract A method of planning collision-free trajectory for a mobile manipulator tracking a line section path is presented. The reference trajectory of a mobile platform is not needed, mechanical and control constraints are taken into account. The method is based on a penalty function approach and a redundancy resolution at the acceleration level. Nonholonomic constraints in a Pfaffian form are explicitly incorporated to the control algorithm. The problem is shown to be equivalent to some point-to-point control problem whose solution may be easier determined. The motion of the mobile manipulator is planned in order to maximise the manipulability measure, thus to avoid manipulator singularities. A computer example involving a mobile manipulator consisting of a nonholonomic platform (2,0) class and a 3 DOF RPR type holonomic manipulator operating in a three-dimensional task space is also presented.


2012 ◽  
pp. 274-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Bin Lim ◽  
Guilin Yang ◽  
Song Huat Yeo ◽  
Shabbir Kurbanhusen Mustafa

A Cable-Driven Robotic Arm (CDRA) possesses a number of advantages over the conventional articulated robotic arms, such as lightweight mechanical structure, high payload, fault tolerance, and most importantly, safe manipulation in the human environment. As such, a mobile manipulator that consists of a mobile base and a CDRA can be a promising assistive robot for the aging or disabled people to perform necessary tasks in their daily life. For such applications, a CDRA is a dexterous manipulator that consists of a number of cable-driven joint modules. In this chapter, a modular design concept is employed in order to simplify design, analysis, and control of CDRA to a manageable level. In particular, a 2-DOF cable-driven joint module is proposed as the basic building block of a CDRA. The critical design analysis issues pertaining to the kinematics analysis, tension analysis, and workspace-based design optimization of the 2-DOF cable-driven joint module are discussed. As a modular CDRA can be constructed into various configurations, a configuration-independent kinematic modeling approach based on the Product-of-Exponentials (POE) formula is proposed. The effectiveness of the proposed design analysis algorithms are demonstrated through simulation examples.


Robotica ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 607-613 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. Chung ◽  
S. A. Velinsky

This paper concerns the modeling and control of a mobile manipulator which consists of a robotic arm mounted upon a mobile platform. The equations of motion are derived using the Lagrange-d'Alembert formulation for the nonholonomic model of the mobile manipulator. The dynamic model which considers slip of the platform's tires is developed using the Newton-Euler method and incorporates Dugoff's tire friction model. Then, the tracking problem is investigated by using a well known nonlinear control method for the nonholonomic model. The adverse effect of the wheel slip on the tracking of commanded motion is discussed in the simulation. For the dynamic model, a variable structure control approach is employed to minimize the harmful effect of the wheel slip on the tracking performance. The simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control algorithm.


2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 768-773 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chin Pei Tang ◽  
Patrick T. Miller ◽  
Venkat N. Krovi ◽  
Ji-Chul Ryu ◽  
Sunil K. Agrawal

SIMULATION ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 95 (6) ◽  
pp. 529-543 ◽  
Author(s):  
RV Ram ◽  
PM Pathak ◽  
SJ Junco

A mobile manipulator is typically an assembly of a mobile robot base and an on-board manipulator arm. As the manipulator arm is mounted over the mobile robot base, the controller has the additional task of taking care of the disturbances of the mobile robot due to the dynamic interactions between the mobile robot base and manipulator arm. In the present work, dynamic models for the manipulator arm and an omni-wheeled mobile robot base were developed separately and then both were combined. Two control strategies, namely only manipulator arm control (OMAC) and simultaneous manipulator and base control (SMBC) were developed for the effective control of tip trajectory. In both strategies, an amnesia recovery coupled with classical proportional integral and derivative (PID) control was used. The bond graph methodology was used for the development of the dynamic model and control for the mobile manipulator. Simulation results are presented to illustrate the efficacy of the two control strategies.


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