Xuefeng Zhou, Zerong Su, Dan Huang, Hong Zhang, Taobo Cheng, Junjun Wu
{"title":"Robust Global Localization by Using Global Visual Features and Range Finders Data","authors":"Xuefeng Zhou, Zerong Su, Dan Huang, Hong Zhang, Taobo Cheng, Junjun Wu","doi":"10.1109/ROBIO.2018.8664899","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2018.8664899","url":null,"abstract":"Global localization is a challenging problem of using sensor data to estimate the pose of a robot in an environment when the starting pose is unknowm. The conventional probabilistic algorithms called Monte Carlo Positioning (MCL) is one of the most popular methods to solve this problem. MCL algorithms use a set of weighted particles to approximate the distribution probability of where the robot is located and it requires a wandering motion to converge to a single, high likelihood pose during global localization. Sometimes this wandering motion is not allowed in actual industrial applications. This paper presents a framework which incorporates image-based localization module into a conventional MCL algorithm. The core module in our proposed approach is called Double Re-localization Decision Process (DRDP) by performing two selection of relocation decisions before and after the pose update process with two different sensor sources. A compact global descriptor is used for fast image association and a scan matching using vanilla ICP (Iterative Closest Point) of Point-to-line metric is applied to obtain further pose of the proposal candidate. Several experiments are designed to verify the effectiveness of the our approach in indoor environment.","PeriodicalId":417415,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO)","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132229812","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":"Kinematic Modelling and Analysis of an Ess-board-like Robot","authors":"Z. Zeng, Daye Chen, Zhang Tao, Y. Guan","doi":"10.1109/ROBIO.2018.8664835","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2018.8664835","url":null,"abstract":"Considering the problem of large steering error caused by hysteresis on the passive wheel of the Essboard, a kinematic model based on coordinate transformation is proposed to improve its precision of the wheel effectively. Firstly, the holonomic constraint equation and nonholonomic constraint equation are established. The Newton iteration method is used to solve the geometric relationship between the pedal roll angle and the wheel steering angle. Then, as a verification, the virtual prototype technique(VPT) is used to obtain the measured steering angle data. Comparing with the solution of the kinematics, it is found that the average error is 0.3° and maximum error is 2.4°. After comparing with the other literature(the average error is 8.2° and the maximum error is 14.5°), it is found that the kinematic model proposed in this paper is correct and can be applied to model the motion of the Essboard. In general, this kinematic equation can be applied to the other single-track vehicles, such as motorcycle with two-wheel steering, bicycles, etc. and it has a wide application value.","PeriodicalId":417415,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130185982","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":"Searching Behavior of a Simple Manipulator Only with Sense of Touch Generated by Probabilistic Flow Control","authors":"R. Ueda","doi":"10.1109/ROBIO.2018.8665261","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2018.8665261","url":null,"abstract":"Various behaviors of creatures emerge from the lack of information. We generate search behaviors of a simple manipulator by the probabilistic flow control (PFC) method. Though PFC uses a motion planning result without consideration of the uncertainty for decision making, it generates some kinds of search behavior by probabilistic calculation. In the simulation of this paper, we assume a two-link manipulator which can perceive the existence of an object with its tactile sense. This manipulator is given a task to search a rod fixed in an environment. In the task, the manipulator has shown some kinds of search behavior.","PeriodicalId":417415,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO)","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133906009","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}
Zenghui Liu, Zhonghao Wu, Tianlai Dong, Xiangyang Zhu, Kai Xu
{"title":"Reach-to-Grasp Planning for a Synergy-Controlled Robotic Hand Based on Grasp Quality Prediction","authors":"Zenghui Liu, Zhonghao Wu, Tianlai Dong, Xiangyang Zhu, Kai Xu","doi":"10.1109/ROBIO.2018.8665139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2018.8665139","url":null,"abstract":"Grasp analysis of multi-fingered robotic hands has been actively investigated via the use of postural synergies in the past a few years. During grasp planning, the variables for the hand's low-dimensional representation are often optimized together with the hand's position and orientation. The planning optimization terminates when a stable grasp is reached, usually after repetitive trials and resulting in relatively low planning efficiency. This paper proposes a gradient-based algorithm to plan reach-to-grasp task for a robotic hand. The key feature is to predict the grasp quality and adjust the hand's postural synergies, position and orientation in the hand's approaching phase, in order to arrive at a stable grasp with minimal trials. The measure, used for the grasp quality assessment, is modified from the Q distance. The Q distance is a differentiable measure that has been shown highly efficient in quantifying grasp quality. Derivations and formulations of this algorithm are elaborated. The planning for multi-fingered pinches of various objects is successfully realized. Inclusion of additional contact points on the palm would enable the proposed algorithm applicable for grasp planning, eventually leading to a unified framework for efficient reach-to-grasp planning in the near future.","PeriodicalId":417415,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO)","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134293153","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":"Tightly-coupled Data Fusion of VINS and Odometer Based on Wheel Slip Estimation","authors":"Zhiqiang Dang, Tianmiao Wang, F. Pang","doi":"10.1109/ROBIO.2018.8665337","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2018.8665337","url":null,"abstract":"The data fusion of a monocular visual-inertial system (VINS) and encoder measurements has proved to be significantly effective in overcoming the additional unobserv-ability of scale, when the robot is constrained to move with constant acceleration on the ground. However, the encoder measurements for positioning may become unreliable once the ground vehicle exhibits wheel slippage. As a result, extending VINS to incorporate such faulty odometer measurements directly could lead to a deterioration of the localization performance. To address this issue, we firstly present a wheeled mobile robot model that relaxes the pure rolling hypothesis for slip estimation. We then propose an adaptive strategy based on the slip estimation to combine acceptable encoder measurements with VINS. Experimental results are presented that demonstrate the reliable estimation of the wheel slip, as well as the improvement of the proposed data fusion scheme in positioning performance.","PeriodicalId":417415,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131138242","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}
Kazuki Yamato, Toshihiko Yamashita, Hiroyuki Chiba, H. Oku
{"title":"Temporally Coded Exposure Camera for High-Speed Feedback of Microscopic 3D Information","authors":"Kazuki Yamato, Toshihiko Yamashita, Hiroyuki Chiba, H. Oku","doi":"10.1109/ROBIO.2018.8665276","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2018.8665276","url":null,"abstract":"We proposed and developed a temporally coded exposure (TeCE) camera that can carry out multiple exposures at arbitrary timing and accumulate photoelectrons generated by the multiple exposures in a single frame in order to feedback microscopic 3D information at high speed. The TeCE camera can capture a different plane in each frame in synchronization with a high-speed variable-focus lens, called a tunable acoustic gradient index (TAG) lens, because the TeCE camera can extract a particular focal plane from the TAG lens by synchronizing the short exposure control with the focus changing frequencyof the TAG lens. This allows the TeCE camera to acquire microscopic 3D information from different focal planes. To verify the effectiveness of the TeCE camera, an experiment involving feedback of 3D structure of a microscopic object was conducted. The experimental results showed that the TeCE camera could achieve high-speed 3D measurement and good feedback control.","PeriodicalId":417415,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130989081","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":"Increasing Precision of the Raven-II Surgical Robot by Applying Cascade Control","authors":"K. Schwaner, P. T. Jensen, T. Savarimuthu","doi":"10.1109/ROBIO.2018.8664821","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2018.8664821","url":null,"abstract":"Automated execution of surgical procedures using a robot has the potential to facilitate training of novice surgeons and reduce workload. However, many current surgical robots are not built for autonomous task execution, but manual teleoperation, which means that they are often imprecise. This also applies to the Raven-II surgical robot. This paper explores a cascade control scheme applied to the Raven -II.This scheme is beneficial in the face of the significant dynamics of the robot. The hypothesis is that this alternative control scheme, compared to the previous method, will reduce the trajectory-following error and improve robot precision. To compare controller performances, an initial qualitative experiment is carried out with the three positioning joints of the robot, where individual joints are each commanded to move along smooth reference trajectories in joint-space. A more quantitative measure is found in a second experiment in which the control methods are compared by looking at their ability to follow the same predefined path between 500 randomly generated tool-space configurations. The cascade control scheme is shown to better achieve tight control, reduce trajectory-following error and improve robot precision even with less-than-optimally tuned gain parameters. The improvement is modest when compared to the error in the robot state estimate.","PeriodicalId":417415,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO)","volume":"114 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133014048","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}
Changzhi Yan, Qiyuan Zhang, Zhaoyang Liu, Xueqian Wang, Bin Liang
{"title":"Control of Free-Floating Space Robots to Capture Targets Using Soft Q-Learning","authors":"Changzhi Yan, Qiyuan Zhang, Zhaoyang Liu, Xueqian Wang, Bin Liang","doi":"10.1109/ROBIO.2018.8665049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2018.8665049","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, a new control method for free-floating space robots to capture targets is proposed. This method can efficiently train a variety of target capturing policies without knowing the dynamic models of the robot system. We use soft Q-learning (SQL) algorithm to train stochastic energy based policies for space manipulator motion planning. Firstly, the soft Q-network and the state-conditioned stochastic policy network are constructed based on the maximum entropy objective. Then, the experience replay pool is built to store the training samples with which the both networks are trained under SQL procedures. Finally, soft Q-learning trains policies that maximize both accumulated reward and policy entropy such that the robot can successfully perform the task while act as randomly as possible. We have validated this method on the free-floating space robot with single-arm and duel-arm manipulator in simulation respectively and the results show that the free-floating space robots with stochastic energy based policies can manage to capture the target in different ways.","PeriodicalId":417415,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132772486","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":"Prediction of EMG Signal on Missing Channel from Signal Captured from Other Related Channels via Deep Neural Network","authors":"Ping-lu Wang, E. Tan, Yinli Jin, Li Li, Jun Wang","doi":"10.1109/ROBIO.2018.8664796","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2018.8664796","url":null,"abstract":"Capturing electromyography (EMG) is always time-consuming and tedious work as it has to located muscle group and attach the electrode with proper skin preparation. In order to reduce the capturing channel, we study modeling of coordinated muscles in this paper. Typical movement are repetitively conducted with seven major muscles on one leg with help of recruited participants. A deep neural network (DNN) is proposed and trained with historical data. The resulting EMG on vastus lateral (VL) are then predicted from other muscles including rectus femoris (RF), semitendinosus (ST) and biceps femoris (BF), tibialis anterior (TA), glutaeus maximus (GM) and soleus (SO). The predicted EMG signals on VL are compared with measuring result and shows the high accuracy. The predicted result has compared with other learning-based method to show its effectiveness. This result can be used for less channel EMG capturing with predicting signals from the missing channel which will save experimental time and money investing on the capturing hardware.","PeriodicalId":417415,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115352255","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}
Su Yan, Haibo Huang, Liguo Chen, Xiwei Gao, Yaqing Li
{"title":"Cell Microinjection Device Suitable for Curved Needle Based on Triangular Flexible Mechanism","authors":"Su Yan, Haibo Huang, Liguo Chen, Xiwei Gao, Yaqing Li","doi":"10.1109/ROBIO.2018.8665304","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2018.8665304","url":null,"abstract":"Existing microinjection needles are curved needles, but most of the current cell injection devices are designed for straight needles. In addition, the existing microinjection needle causes large lateral vibration when the membrane is broken. Although lateral vibration is also considered as an important condition for cell membrane rupture, large lateral vibration will cause great damage to the cells and reduce the success rate of cell injection. To a certain extent, it has formed a contradiction with the rapid development of modern biomedicine. To this end, this paper proposes a micro-injection needle suitable for curved needles based on a triangular flexible mechanism, which can greatly reduce the lateral vibration during cell injection, and plays a guiding role in axial. It is also suitable for the more popular injection bending needle. Simulation results show that the microinjection needle can obtain less lateral vibration and more stable axial vibration.","PeriodicalId":417415,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO)","volume":"304 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115933855","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}