Title
Intrinsically elastic robots: The key to human like performance
Abstract
Intrinsically elastic robots, which technically implement some key characteristics of the human muskoskeletal system, have become a major research topic in nowadays robotics. These novel devices open up entirely new control approaches. They base on temporary storage of potential energy and its timed transformation into kinetic energy. In legged locomotion, such considerations have been a common tool for unveiling the respective fundamental physical processes. However, in arm control, elasticities were typically considered parasitic. In this video we outline our efforts in exploiting the inherent capabilities of intrinsically elastic robots in order to bring them closer to human performance. Instead of applying purely kinematic learing-by-demonstration approaches, which are certainly suboptimal, we argue for using model based techniques in order to optimally exploit the system dynamics such that highly dynamic motion and manipulation capabilities can be achieved. In particular, the explicit use of elasticities as temporary energy tanks can be fully exploited, if they are modeled adequately as an integral part of the mechanism. We also believe that such approaches can substantially contribute to the understanding of human motion biomechanics.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1109/IROS.2012.6386289
IROS
Keywords
Field
DocType
humanoid robots,energy storage,robots,motion control,biomechanics,elasticity,aerodynamics
Motion control,Kinematics,Computer science,Control engineering,Exploit,System dynamics,Artificial intelligence,Robot,Robotics,Aerodynamics,Humanoid robot
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
2153-0858
978-1-4673-1737-5
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.37
6
11
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sami Haddadin153548.64
Felix Huber2635.70
Kai Krieger3764.53
Roman Weitschat4123.07
Alin Albu-Schaffer52831262.17
Sebastian Wolf61228.87
Werner Friedl71067.61
Markus Grebenstein833237.94
Florian Petit9907.90
Jens Reinecke10233.33
Roberto Lampariello11799.97