scholarly journals Interface Based on Electrooculography for Velocity Control of a Robot Arm

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo Iáñez ◽  
José M. Azorín ◽  
Eduardo Fernández ◽  
Andrés Úbeda

This paper describes a technique based on electrooculography to control a robot arm. This technique detects the movement of the eyes, measuring the difference of potential between the cornea and the retina by placing electrodes around the ocular area. The processing algorithm developed to obtain the position of the eye at the blink of the user is explained. The output of the processing algorithm offers, apart from the direction, four different values (zero to three) to control the velocity of the robot arm according to how much the user is looking in one direction. This allows controlling two degrees of freedom of a robot arm with the eyes movement. The blink has been used to mark some targets in tests. In this paper, the experimental results obtained with a real robot arm are shown.

2004 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenji Kawashima ◽  
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Takahiro Sasaki ◽  
Toshiyuki Miyata ◽  
Naohiro Nakamura ◽  
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After disasters, remote control of construction machinery is often required to ensure the safety of workers during excavation. However, only limited numbers of remote-controlled construction machinery exist, and they are typically larger than conventional machinery. After a disaster, the transportation of such machinery takes additional time and is often troublesome. Therefore, it would be desirable to develop a remote-control system that could easily be installed on ordinary construction machinery. A pneumatic humanoid robot arm is in the process of being developed. While considering the portability issue, a lightweight fiber knitted pneumatic artificial rubber muscle (PARM) was selected as the actuator for the arm. This arm can be installed on all construction machinery models, can be controlled remotely, and has been designed for easy installation and portability. In this research, construction machinery was retrofitted with a pneumatic robot that enables it to be operated remotely. This robot has 6 degrees of freedom and utilizes the fiber knitted PARM. Experiments were conducted to measure the static characteristics of the new PARM and to measure their performance in the remote control of construction machinery. Experimental results showed that the developed system is able to achieve handling two levers of machinery, one that controls back and forward movement and the other that controls the bucket. Experimental results showed that the developed system successfully operated construction machinery remotely.


2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mineo Higuchi ◽  
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Tsukasa Ogasawara ◽  

We describe a new robotic assist device: the passive assist arm (PAS-Arm). PAS-Arms are intended for direct physical interaction with a human operator. PASArms are physically passive. The force to manipulate the arm end must be provided by the operator. Their purpose is not to enhance human strength, but to provide virtual guiding surfaces that constrain and guide the motion of the operator. PAS-Arms have three joints and a three dimensional workspace, but possess only two degrees of freedom due to the reduction of degrees of freedom created by a combination of Continuously Variable Transmissions (CVTs) and differential gears. In this paper, we first discuss the manipulability ellipsoid for the PAS-Arm. The major axis of the ellipsoid is the direction in which the arm end may be easily manipulated, and vice versa. We have developed an experimental system for the PAS-Arm. The CVTs of the experimental system may not adjust the transmission ratio to zero. Second, we describe an algorithm to address that problem. Finally, we present initial experiments that verify the PAS-Arm mechanism. The experimental results successfully produced virtual guiding surfaces.1 1. This paper is the full translation from the transactions of JSME, Series C, Vol.76, No.763, pp. 611-618, 2010.


Author(s):  
Eisuke Kita ◽  
Ryoma Sato ◽  
Miichiro Yamada ◽  
Tatsuhiro Tamaki

Vehicle platoon is very important techniques for increasing the traffic flow safely and effectively. The electric and mechanical systems are necessary for effective vehicle platoon. Several systems have been studied for control vehicles in the platoon. This paper focuses on the velocity control of the vehicles separating from the vehicle platoon. The velocity control model is defined according to the vehicle following model and then, the parameters are determined by minimizing the objective function. The model with the optimized parameters is applied for the vehicle platoon experiment of LEGO Mindstorms NXT. The experimental results are compared with the simulation results in order to confirm the validity of the model. Although the experimental results finally converge to the simulation results, there exists the difference between the computational simulation and the experimental results because of the error of the sensor and the others.


Author(s):  
Ahmad A. Smaili

Abstract A robomech is a crossbreed of a mechanism and a robot arm. It has a parallel architecture equipped with more than one end effector to accomplish tasks that require the coordination of many functions. Robomechs with multi degrees of freedom that are based on the 4R and 5R chains have found their way into the literature. This article presents a new, two-degree of freedom robomech whose architecture is based on the 7R chain. The robomech is capable of performing two-function tasks. The features, kinematic constraints, and synthesis procedure of the robomech are outlined and an application example is given.


Author(s):  
Thu Zar ◽  
Theingi A ◽  
Su Yin Win

Robots and manipulators are used to serve machine tools in automatic production system. The robot arm was designed with two degrees of freedom and accomplished accurately simple tasks. This paper represents experimental results on circular movement and straight line movement of two-link manipulator in a vertical movement. The lengths of robot arm links was designed from the desired workspace boundary conditions. Pololu 70:1 gear motors are selected for two joint revolutions of the robot manipulator after analysing the dynamics of two links. To control the robot, it performs inverse kinematic calculations and communicates the proper angles serially to a microcontroller that drives the motors with the capability of modifying position, speed and acceleration. Testing and validation of the robot arm was carried out and results shows that it work properly.


Author(s):  
E. Kalinin ◽  
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S. Lebedev ◽  
Yu. Kozlov

Abstract Purpose of the study is to study the properties of frictional self-oscillations in systems with two degrees of freedom. As a research method, the asymptotic method of N.N. Bogolyubov and Y.A. Metropolitan. Research methods. The methodological basis of the work is the generalization and analysis of the known scientific results of the dynamics of systems in resonance modes and the use of a systematic approach. The analytical method and comparative analysis were used to form a scientific problem, goal and formulation of research objectives. When developing empirical models, the main provisions of the theory of stability of systems, methodology of system analysis and research of functions were used. The results of the study. A system with two degrees of freedom is considered, assuming that the friction function is approximated by a cubic polynomial in the sliding velocity, and friction is applied only to one of the masses. The exclusion of uniform rotation, corresponding to the third degree of freedom, leads to consideration not of the frictional moment, but the difference between the frictional moment and the moment of the moving forces. From the analysis of the results of the solutions of the equation, we can conclude that, with an accuracy up to the first approximation, inclusive, self-oscillations occur with constant frequencies equal to the natural frequencies of the system. This is consistent with the conclusions of other authors obtained using other methods. Stationary values of the amplitudes are found. The following four cases are possible: trivial solution corresponding to uniform rotation of the system without oscillations; single frequency oscillations with the first frequency; single frequency oscillations with a second frequency; two-frequency oscillatory mode. Conclusions. G. Boyadzhiev's method can be applied to study multi-mass self-oscillating systems and gives their general solution in the form of asymptotic expansions to any degree of accuracy. The obtained conditions for the stability of stationary regimes confirm the experimental results that in multi-mass systems, self-oscillations are possible only in the falling sections of the friction characteristics. The nature of the developing vibrations - their frequency and the ratio of the amplitudes of the constituent harmonics - is completely determined by the structure of the system, its elastic and inertial properties.


Robotica ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 511-520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bojan Nemec ◽  
Leon Žlajpah ◽  
Damir Omrčen

SUMMARYThis paper deals with the stability of null-space velocity control algorithms in extended operational space for redundant robots. We compare the performance of the control algorithm based on the minimal null-space projection and generalized-inverse-based projection into the Jacobian null-space. We show how the null-space projection affects the performance of the null-space tracking algorithm. The results are verified with the simulation and real implementation on a redundant mobile robot composed of 3 degrees of freedom (DOFs) mobile platform and 7-DOF robot arm.


Author(s):  
Hyunglae Lee ◽  
Patrick Ho ◽  
Hermano Igo Krebs ◽  
Neville Hogan

In this paper, we report measurements of the multi-variable torque-displacement relation at the ankle. The passive behavior of the ankle in two degrees of freedom (inversion-eversion and dorsiflexion-plantarflexion) was quantified using the Anklebot. The measured torque-displacement relationship was represented as a vector field using thin-plate spline smoothing with generalized cross validation. Analysis of the experimental results showed that, when maximally relaxed, the ankle behaved like a mechanical spring. However, if muscles were active, the torque-displacement relation was not spring-like. Implications for the contribution of neural feedback to ankle impedance are discussed.


Author(s):  
Hasan H. Ali ◽  
Roger C. Fales ◽  
Noah D. Manring

Using a unique inlet metering pump with fixed displacement and speed, this work introduces a new way to control a linear hydraulic actuator velocity. The inlet metering system consists of an inlet metering valve that adjusts the hydraulic fluid flow that enters the pump and a fixed displacement pump. Fluid is supplied to the inlet metering valve at a fixed pressure. Energy losses associated with flow metering in the system are reduced because the pressure drop across the inlet metering valve can be small compared to a traditional valve-controlled system. A velocity control system is designed using the inlet metering pump to control the fluid flow into a hydraulic cylinder. First, the valve dynamic model is ignored, the open-loop response is studied, and closed-loop proportional and proportional derivative controllers are designed. Next, the valve dynamic model is included and closed-loop proportional integral derivative, H∞, and two-degrees-of-freedom controllers are designed. Designs with the goals of stability and performance of the system are considered so that a precise velocity control system for the hydraulic cylinder is achieved. In addition to the potentially high efficiency of this system, there is potential for low-cost, fast-response, and less complicated dynamics compared to other systems. The results show that the velocity control system can be designed so that the system is stable for all cases and with 0% overshoot and no oscillation depending on valve dynamics using the two-degrees-of-freedom controller for tracking the desired velocity.


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