Title
Robot Control for Task Performance and Enhanced Safety under Impact
Abstract
A control law combining motion performance quality and low stiffness reaction to unintended contacts is proposed in this work. It achieves prescribed performance evolution of the position error under disturbances up to a level related to model uncertainties and responds compliantly and with low stiffness to significant disturbances arising from impact forces. The controller employs a velocity reference signal in a model-based control law utilizing a non-linear time -dependent term, which embeds prescribed performance specifications and vanishes in case of significant disturbances. Simulation results with a three degrees of freedom (DOF) robot illustrate the motion performance and self regulation of the output stiffness achieved by this controller under an external force, and highlights its advantages with respect to constant and switched impedance schemes. Experiments with a KUKA LWR4+ demonstrate its performance under impact with a human while following a desired trajectory.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.3389/frobt.2015.00034
FRONTIERS IN ROBOTICS AND AI
Keywords
Field
DocType
motion performance,safety,unintentional contact,control,variable stiffness
Robot control,Control theory,Nonlinear system,Simulation,Stiffness,Computer science,Position error,Electrical impedance,Robot,Trajectory
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
2015
2296-9144
3
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.37
11
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yiannis Karayiannidis116222.05
Leonidas Droukas292.20
Dimitrios G. Papageorgiou3316.93
Zoe Doulgeri433247.11