{"title":"Experiments in fixturing mechanics","authors":"J. Burdick, Yongqiang Liang, E. Rimon","doi":"10.1109/ROBOT.2003.1241981","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2003.1241981","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes an experimental fixturing system wherein fixel reaction forces, workpiece loading, and workpiece displacements are measured during simulated fixturing operations. The system's configuration, its measurement principles, and tests to characterize its performance are summarized. This system is used to experimentally determine the relationship between workpiece displacement and variations in fixel preload force or workpiece loading. We compare the results against standard theories, and conclude that commonly used linear spring models do not accurately predict workpiece displacements, while a non-linear compliance model provides better predictive behavior.","PeriodicalId":315346,"journal":{"name":"2003 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (Cat. No.03CH37422)","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129968636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Accurate relative localization using odometry","authors":"N. Doh, H. Choset, W. Chung","doi":"10.1109/ROBOT.2003.1241824","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2003.1241824","url":null,"abstract":"All mobile robots suffer from odometry error. Relative localization from odometry has both the systematic and the non-systematic errors. However, once a precise system error model and its parameters are given, the accuracy of odometry can be remarkably improved. Most previous works on this effort focused on the differential drive robots with little attention to the other types of mobile bases. In this paper, we analyze sources of odometry error and propose an error model for the synchro drive robot. We then describe a novel procedure to accurately estimate the error parameters of the derived error model and the covariance matrix of the synchro drive robot. However, this procedure is general for all mobile bases, so we also apply our method for the differential drive robots and show experiments. This new process uses the shape of the path, as opposed to just end points, to estimate the error parameters and covariance matrix. We happen to use the generalized Voronoi graph to generate this path. Experimental results validate the error model of the synchro drive robot and precise estimation ability of the proposed method for the synchro and the differential drive robots.","PeriodicalId":315346,"journal":{"name":"2003 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (Cat. No.03CH37422)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128986920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Location estimation and trajectory prediction of moving lateral vehicle using two wheel shapes information in 2-D lateral vehicle images by 3-D computer vision techniques","authors":"Chih-Chiun Lai, Wen-Hsiang Tsai","doi":"10.1109/ROBOT.2003.1241704","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2003.1241704","url":null,"abstract":"A novel approach to location estimation and trajectory prediction of moving lateral vehicle locations for driving assistance using wheels shape information in single 2-D vehicle images by 3-D computer vision techniques is proposed. The location scheme is supposed to be performed on a vehicle with a camera mounted on the front bumper. An analytical solution is applied to estimate the location of the lateral vehicle. Firstly, the normal vectors of the car wheels in the camera coordinate system as well as the projections of the wheel centers in the image plane are derived. Then orientation angle of the lateral vehicle with respect to the driving vehicle is derived from the two vectors. Next, the image projections of the contact points of the wheels with the ground are detected. Finally, the image positions of the contact points are used to determine the 3D relative position of the moving vehicle with respect to the camera coordinate system by the back-projection principle. After the location of a moving lateral vehicle is obtained, a new approach is proposed to predict the trajectory of a lateral vehicle by using the spatial information of the two wheels in a single image. Real images are tested and experimental results show the effectiveness of the proposed approaches. The results are useful for car driving assistance and vehicle collision avoidance.","PeriodicalId":315346,"journal":{"name":"2003 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (Cat. No.03CH37422)","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127842707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Admittance selection for planar force-guided assembly for single-point contact with friction","authors":"Shuguang Huang, J. Schimmels","doi":"10.1109/ROBOT.2003.1242064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2003.1242064","url":null,"abstract":"This paper identifies procedures for selecting the appropriate admittance to achieve reliable planar force-guided assembly for single-point frictional contact cases. A set of conditions that are imposed on the admittance matrix is presented. These conditions ensure that the motion that results from contact reduces part misalignment. We show that, for bounded misalignments, if an admittance satisfies the misalignment-reduction conditions at a finite number of contact configurations and a given coefficient of friction /spl mu//sub M/) then the admittance will also ensure that the conditions are satisfied at all intermediate configurations for all coefficients less than /spl mu//sub M/.","PeriodicalId":315346,"journal":{"name":"2003 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (Cat. No.03CH37422)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127975388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cartesian impedance control of redundant robots: recent results with the DLR-light-weight-arms","authors":"A. Albu-Schäffer, C. Ott, U. Frese, G. Hirzinger","doi":"10.1109/ROBOT.2003.1242165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2003.1242165","url":null,"abstract":"This paper addresses the problem of impedance control for flexible joint robots based on a singular perturbation approach. Some aspects of the impedance controller, which turned out to be of high practical relevance during applications are then addressed, such as the implementation of nullspace stiffness for redundant manipulators, the avoiding of mass matrix decoupling and the related design of the desired damping matrix. Finally, the proposed methods are validated through measurements on the DLR robot.","PeriodicalId":315346,"journal":{"name":"2003 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (Cat. No.03CH37422)","volume":"110 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127992986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Online motion planning using incremental construction of medial axis","authors":"E. Masehian, M. Amin-Naseri, S. E. Khadem","doi":"10.1109/ROBOT.2003.1242040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2003.1242040","url":null,"abstract":"This paper deals with the online path planning of mobile robots. We first suggest a systematic method to incrementally construct the Medial Axis of the workspace. This is done by using sensor information for land-marking the nodes of medial axis, which will guide the robot to explore the unknown environment thoroughly. Next, this approach is implemented in an online motion planning algorithm. This method can be generalized to higher spaces, and uses only the line of sight information of sonar sensors. It is much simpler than HGVG method, and is complete. The simulations showed good results for different environments.","PeriodicalId":315346,"journal":{"name":"2003 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (Cat. No.03CH37422)","volume":"79 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131715395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Simulating soft tissue cutting using finite element models","authors":"C. Mendoza, C. Laugier","doi":"10.1109/ROBOT.2003.1241741","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2003.1241741","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a methodology to simulate cuts in deformable objects. It proposes a simple physical model of cutting in combination with a large displacement (Green) strain tensor formulation. Explicit finite elements are used to allow real-time simulations and fast topology updates during cutting procedures. Force feedback is added to increase realism.","PeriodicalId":315346,"journal":{"name":"2003 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (Cat. No.03CH37422)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128802844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Do-Young Yoon, Sang-Rok Oh, Gwi-Tae Park, Bum-Jae You
{"title":"A biologically inspired homeostatic motion controller for autonomous mobile robots","authors":"Do-Young Yoon, Sang-Rok Oh, Gwi-Tae Park, Bum-Jae You","doi":"10.1109/ROBOT.2003.1242076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2003.1242076","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes an autonomous motion controller for mobile robots. It combines a biologically inspired motion planner and a nonlinear feedback controller in order to make a simple and practical motion controller in natural unknown environments. The motion planner part is designed in the frame of behavior-based scheme and adopts the biological concept \"homeostasis\". It plays the role of determining desired temporal target posture and modifying controller's gain parameters. The other nonlinear controller part drives the robot to the given target posture from the planner. As a result, the stable nonlinear feedback controller in ideal obstacle free space becomes practical one in natural environments constrained by obstacles. The proposed controller is simple mainly due to its behavior-based characteristics and stable due to the feedback controller considering robot's physical constraints. Simulated results and some experimental feature for autonomous navigation of the differential drive mobile robot, named \"MARI\", are shown for the present.","PeriodicalId":315346,"journal":{"name":"2003 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (Cat. No.03CH37422)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125358103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Production cycle-time analysis based on sensor-based stage Petri nets for automated manufacturing systems","authors":"ShihSen Peng, Mengchu Zhou","doi":"10.1109/ROBOT.2003.1242265","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2003.1242265","url":null,"abstract":"Production cycle time reduction in their discrete-event control systems (DECS) helps increase the productivity of automated manufacturing systems (AMS). Methods developed to evaluate the production cycle time are usually based on either the Design for Manufacture (DFM) or Design for Production (DFP) scheduling techniques. To evaluate the real cycle time at the programming level of controllers such as the ladder logic design of programmable logic controller (PLC) in DECS, this paper discusses a method to analyze the production cycle time based on the sensor-based stage Petri nets technique. The production time can be estimated at each stage directly from all the I/O sensors that are represented by the extended Petri nets: the sensor-based stage Petri net (SBSPN). The production cycle time required to complete each product is marked on the individual stage transition through the real timers in the SBSPN model. For the production of multiple products, different production cycles times are estimated through the stage-by-stage real timers of controller program. These production cycle times are able to evaluate the bottleneck of integrated manufacturing systems. An example is used to illustrate the approach.","PeriodicalId":315346,"journal":{"name":"2003 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (Cat. No.03CH37422)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125363073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Type synthesis of 5-DOF parallel manipulators","authors":"Qinchuan Li, Zhen Huang","doi":"10.1109/ROBOT.2003.1241756","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2003.1241756","url":null,"abstract":"The number of 5-DOF parallel manipulators is fairly small and it has been believed for a long time that there are no symmetrical 5-DOF parallel manipulators with full-cycle mobility. In this paper, the type synthesis of 5-DOF parallel manipulators is performed systematically by the constraint-synthesis method. Novel 5-DOF symmetrical and asymmetrical parallel manipulators with full-cycle mobility are enumerated. Moreover, structural characteristics of the 5-DOF parallel manipulators are revealed.","PeriodicalId":315346,"journal":{"name":"2003 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (Cat. No.03CH37422)","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125464195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}