Artur Saudabayev, Yerbolat Khassanov, A. Shintemirov, H. A. Varol
{"title":"An intelligent object manipulation framework for industrial tasks","authors":"Artur Saudabayev, Yerbolat Khassanov, A. Shintemirov, H. A. Varol","doi":"10.1109/ICMA.2013.6618173","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMA.2013.6618173","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an intelligent object manipulation framework for industrial tasks, which integrates a sensor-rich multi-fingered robot hand, an industrial robot manipulator, a conveyor belt and employs machine learning algorithms. The framework software architecture is implemented using a Windows 7 operating system with RTX real-time extension for synchronous handling of peripheral devices. The framework uses Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) image processing algorithm, Support Vector Machine (SVM) machine learning algorithm and 3D point cloud techniques for intelligent object recognition based on RGB camera and laser rangefinder information from the robot hand end effector. The objective is automated manipulation of objects with different shapes and poses with minimum programming effort applied by a user.","PeriodicalId":335884,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129293540","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":"Design and control of dual-arm robot for cell manufacturing process","authors":"Hyunmin Do, Chanhun Park, Taeyong Choi, J. Kyung","doi":"10.1109/ICMA.2013.6618121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMA.2013.6618121","url":null,"abstract":"Recently, the requirement of an automation in the cell production system is increasing due to a decrease of a skilled workers who are the key point of a cell production system. Thus a dual-arm robot draws an attention for an alternative. This paper presents a design scheme of a dual-arm robot and controller structure for an application to industrial cell production spot. A design concept and a prototype robot are suggested.","PeriodicalId":335884,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129139133","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":"Rapidly-exploring random tree based memory efficient motion planning","authors":"Olzhas Adiyatov, H. A. Varol","doi":"10.1109/ICMA.2013.6617944","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMA.2013.6617944","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a modified version of the RRT* motion planning algorithm, which limits the memory required for storing the tree. We run the RRT* algorithm until the tree has grown to a predefined number of nodes and afterwards we remove a weak node whenever a high performance node is added. A simple two-dimensional navigation problem is used to show the operation of the algorithm. The algorithm was also applied to a high-dimensional redundant robot manipulation problem to show the efficacy. The results show that our algorithm outperforms RRT and comes close to RRT* with respect to the optimality of returned path, while needing much less number of nodes stored in the tree.","PeriodicalId":335884,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129179962","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}
Jingyang Ye, Y. Guan, Zhiqiang Bi, Guoqi Zhao, Donghao Luo, Tianliang Liu
{"title":"A novel miniature modular wire inspection robot with multiple locomotion modes","authors":"Jingyang Ye, Y. Guan, Zhiqiang Bi, Guoqi Zhao, Donghao Luo, Tianliang Liu","doi":"10.1109/ICMA.2013.6618082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMA.2013.6618082","url":null,"abstract":"To carry out automatic line inspection, a novel modular miniature wire inspection robot with multiple locomotion modes, called MiniWirebot, has been developed. Developed by modular method, the robot consists of six joint modules, two grippers and three wheels assembled into four legs symmetrically. Two opposite 2-DoFs legs with gripper modules at the ends are utilized for climbing, while other two 1-DoF legs are equipped with wheel modules for rolling locomotion. With this configuration, MiniWirebot achieves outstanding mobilities including rolling on the floor or along a line, climbing poles or lines, transiting among the floor, poles and lines, and so on. In this paper, we present the development, show the prototype and illustrate the multiple locomotion of MiniWirebot. Inspiration and motivation of the development of the robotic system are introduced first, followed by the analysis of grasping force to ensure climbing safety and the inspection procedure. A series of experiments are conducted to verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed miniature robot and the analysis.","PeriodicalId":335884,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation","volume":"266 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116045961","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}
Wei Wei, Shuxiang Guo, Fan Zhang, Jian Guo, Yuehui Ji, Yunliang Wang
{"title":"A novel upper limb rehabilitation system with hand exoskeleton mechanism","authors":"Wei Wei, Shuxiang Guo, Fan Zhang, Jian Guo, Yuehui Ji, Yunliang Wang","doi":"10.1109/ICMA.2013.6617932","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMA.2013.6617932","url":null,"abstract":"The exoskeleton robot is a comprehensive technology that is combination of sensing, control and information. Based on the upper limb exoskeleton rehabilitation device (ULERD), this paper describes a novel hand exoskeleton mechanism for using in rehabilitation field and aiming at helping varieties of hemiparalysis patients recover motor function of the whole-arm. This system consists of exoskeleton device, haptic device (PHANTOM Premium), motors, motor controllers and work station. And the hand exoskeleton mechanism is portable, wearable and adjustable for patients doing home rehabilitation training. Through using the finite element software (ANSYS), the main components of the hand exoskeleton are studied by force simulation analysis. And it shows that the exoskeleton device have the ability to resist deformation and sustain patients' fingers to implement rehabilitation training. Except that, a finger model is established to simulate the force status in different flexion angles of the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint and the metacarpaophalangeal (MCP) joint. From the analysis of the finger joint, the optimal joint activity range of device is presented that the PIP joint is less than 60° and the MCP joint is less than 75°. These experiments demonstrate this exoskeleton can provide a scientific rehabilitation method for the hemiparalysis patients and force influence of the exoskeleton device should be considered and reduced. In the future, with the mechanism structure improvement, this system will have a promising application prospect in the rehabilitation field.","PeriodicalId":335884,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116787784","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":"Motion intent recognition for control of a lower extremity assistive device (LEAD)","authors":"Bingquan Shen, Jinfu Li, Fengjun Bai, C. Chew","doi":"10.1109/ICMA.2013.6618039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMA.2013.6618039","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a motion intent recognition method to control a wearable lower extremity assistive device (LEAD) intended to aid stroke patient during activities of daily living (ADL) or rehabilitation. The main goal is to identify user's intended motion based on sensor readings from the limb attached to the assistive device, so as to execute the right control actions to aid the user in his intended action effectively. A database of a healthy subject performing various motion tasks is collected. Subsequently, the features of the signals are extracted and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) is performed to reduce the number of dimensions. Using the transformed signal, a multi-class Support Vector Machine (SVM) with Radial Basis function (RBF) kernel is trained to classify the different motion patterns. A Nelder-Mead optimization algorithm is used select the appropriate parameters for each SVM. Test results shows that the SVM can correctly classify each motion pattern with an average accuracy rate of 95.8±4.1%. An offline classification result of a healthy subject performing a series of motion task while wearing the LEAD shows that the proposed method can effectively recognize different motion intent of the user.","PeriodicalId":335884,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115454161","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":"Tip-over prevention for a holonomic omnidirectional mobile robot with ADWCs using SGCMG","authors":"M. Safar, Keigo Watanabe, S. Maeyama, I. Nagai","doi":"10.1109/ICMA.2013.6618002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMA.2013.6618002","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we present the tip-over prevention technique for a holonomic omnidirectional mobile robot with active dual wheel caster assemblies (ADWCs). The dynamical model is derived to estimate the reaction forces at each wheel in correlation to the existing dynamical properties. A tip-over prediction using the force-angle stability measure (FASM) is used to evaluate these forces and estimate the tip-over axis and its direction. A counter motion is applied against the estimated tip-over direction to prevent the tip-over incident. Simulation results are given to demonstrate the performance of this approach.","PeriodicalId":335884,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114901615","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}
Abdullah Al Redwan Newaz, Geunho Lee, F. Pratama, N. Chong
{"title":"3D exploration priority based flocking of UAVs","authors":"Abdullah Al Redwan Newaz, Geunho Lee, F. Pratama, N. Chong","doi":"10.1109/ICMA.2013.6618142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMA.2013.6618142","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a 3D flocking algorithm for a team of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), where each member is equipped with limited range sensors and computational resources. A minimal leader-follower communication scheme is proposed for maneuvering huge swarm of UAVs. The proposed triangular formation compacts the overall group size. Even though UAVs are considered for tactical, remote monitoring, and surveillance purposes in both indoor and outdoor environments, it is very difficult to achieve autonomous aerial flocking in unknown cluttered environments. Specifically, greater attention is placed to reduce computational complexity for on-board implementation. We demonstrate the efficiency of our algorithm in a real world scenario with the V-REP simulator employing a group of five UAVs.","PeriodicalId":335884,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125593171","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":"Effects of roll dynamics for car stability control by laguerre functions","authors":"F. Yakub, Y. Mori","doi":"10.1109/ICMA.2013.6617940","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMA.2013.6617940","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we introduce and present the Laguerre functions in model predictive control approach for path following in car vehicle dynamics system. Start with the model predictive control based on linearizing vehicle and tire model where the most popular bicycle model is used. We compare the controller based on Laguerre functions for simple and complex bicycle model without and with including the roll vehicle dynamics. The roll dynamics will get influent in the high speed maneuver due to the load transfer effects. Based on simulation results, we perform the vehicle in high speed maneuvers for double lane change scenario. The result shows and presents that the predictive control based Laguerre functions give a better performance than conventional which is use Pulse operator function and fewer complexes in term of algorithm implementation. It also demonstrates that with the roll dynamics take into consideration, it significantly improves the vehicle stability and trajectory along the desired path.","PeriodicalId":335884,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126624650","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}
Haitao Song, Han Xiao, Wenhao He, Feng Wen, Kui Yuan
{"title":"A fast stereovision measurement algorithm based on SIFT keypoints for mobile robot","authors":"Haitao Song, Han Xiao, Wenhao He, Feng Wen, Kui Yuan","doi":"10.1109/ICMA.2013.6618179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMA.2013.6618179","url":null,"abstract":"When a robot moves independently, it needs to localize itself and avoid obstacles. In order to enable the robot to obtain the depths of surrounding objects, a fast stereovision measurement algorithm based on SIFT keypoints is proposed and implemented on an embedded image processing board based on DSP and FPGA. The calculation of the keypoint descriptor is simplified by directly using the pixel values in the block neighborhood of a keypoint, resulting in an improvement in real-time performance. In order to guarantee the accuracy of searching for the matching points, a two-pass searching strategy is employed, that is, to choose a point in the left image and search the candidate point in the right image, then determine the correspondence by searching the matching point in the left image again. Moreover, for improving the precision of the measurement results, a quadratic polynomial is introduced to compensate the measurement results. Measurement results and comparison of different methods demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm. In addition, the measurement system is applied to a mobile robot platform, and the experiment results validate that the system can satisfy the demand of robot applications.","PeriodicalId":335884,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127790316","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}