Robust disturbance estimation for human-robotic comanipulation

Autor: Henk Nijmeijer, Stefan Lichiardopol, van de N Nathan Wouw
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. 24:1772-1796
ISSN: 1049-8923
DOI: 10.1002/rnc.2963
Popis: SUMMARY External forces affect the dynamics of load-carrying robot devices. The knowledge of such disturbances is generally needed for control purposes. However, direct disturbance measurement using force sensors is not always possible. This paper introduces a force estimator for force-sensor-less robotic manipulators. The algorithm is based on the knowledge of the dynamics of the robotic device, whereas mass of the load is typically unknown. Using this algorithm, low-frequency external forces can be estimated robustly even for quasi-statically time-varying and uncertain loads. Experiments validate the proposed strategy in practice. Moreover, the applicability of the estimation algorithm is further illustrated by using it in a human–robot comanipulation setup in which the robot is providing additional coordinated forcing to alleviate human effort needed to manipulate the robot. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Received 4 October 2011; Revised 19 December 2012; Accepted 22 December 2012
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