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Mixed Autonomous/Teleoperation Control of Asymmetric Robotic Systems

Abstract

This paper presents a unified framework for system design and control in human-in-the-loop asymmetric robotic systems. It introduces a highly general teleoperation system configuration involving any number of operators, haptic interfaces, and robots with possibly different degrees of mobility. The proposed framework allows for mixed teleoperation/autonomous control of user-defined subtasks by establishing position/force tracking as well as kinematic constraints among relevant teleoperation control frames. The control strategy is hierarchical comprising of a high-level teleoperation coordinating controller and low-level joint velocity controllers. The approach utilizes idempotent, generalized pseudoinverse and weighting matrices in order to achieve new performance objectives that are defined for such asymmetric semi-autonomous teleoperation systems. Three layers of velocity-based autonomous control at different priority levels with respect to human teleoperation are integrated into the framework. A detailed analysis of system performance and stability is presented. Experimental results with a single-master/dual-slave system configuration demonstrate an application of the proposed system design and control strategy.

Authors

Malysz P; Sirouspour S

Journal

International Journal of Robotics Applications and Technologies, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 35–60

Publisher

IGI Global

Publication Date

January 1, 2014

DOI

10.4018/ijrat.2014010103

ISSN

2166-7195

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