{"title":"Discrete time reaching law based variable structure control for fast reaching with reduced chattering","authors":"P. Padmalatha, Susy Thomas","doi":"10.11591/ijra.v9i1.pp51-61","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11591/ijra.v9i1.pp51-61","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a variable structure control law is proposed for discrete time sliding mode control so as to reduce both reaching time and quasi sliding mode band reduction. This new law is composed of two different sliding variable dynamics; one to achieve fast reaching and the other to counter its effect on widening the quasi sliding mode band. This is accomplished by introducing a boundary layer around the sliding surface about which the transformation of the sliding variable dynamics takes place. This provides the flexibility to choose the initial dynamics in such a way as to speed up the reaching phase and then at the boundary transform this dynamics to one that reduces the quasi sliding mode band. Thus, the law effectively coalesces the advantageous traits of hitherto proposed reaching laws that succeed in either the reduction of reaching phase or the elimination of quasi sliding mode band. The effectiveness of the proposed reaching law is validated through simulations.","PeriodicalId":73286,"journal":{"name":"IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation : ICRA : [proceedings]. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation","volume":"9 1","pages":"51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48853548","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 development of soft robotic hand for vertical farming in spacecraft","authors":"A. Suresh, G. Udupa, Dhruv Gaba","doi":"10.11591/ijra.v9i1.pp6-16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11591/ijra.v9i1.pp6-16","url":null,"abstract":"For colonization in deep space we need to explore the feasibility of a bioregenerative system in microgravity or artificial gravity environments. The process has various complexities form ranging to biological obstacles to engineering limitations of the spacecraft. Concentration of microbes in the confinements of a spacecraft can be fatal for the crew. In this paper, a solution to the elevated microbial levels by farming using robots is discussed. The soft robotic arm is made up of Asymmetric Flexible Pneumatic Actuator (AFPA). The AFPA under internal pressure will curve in the direction of the side having greater thickness as the expansion of the thinner side (outside radius) will be more than thicker side (inside radius) due to differential expansion and moment induced due to eccentricity. Simulation results demonstrate that bending based on AFPA can meet the designed requirement of application. The AFPA is used for five fingers of the robotic hand. The safe, soft touch and gentle motion of the bellow (AFPA) gives the feel of real human hand. The internal pressure of the AFPA is controlled using a solenoid valve which is interfaced using an Arduino microcontroller for hand like moves. The bending of the fingers and degree of freedom (DOF) of the joints of the hand is controlled using an IMU and flex sensor. Wireless connection of the hand and the control system is implemented using XBee pro 60mW with a range of 1 miles.The pneumatic soft robotic hand is made up of solenoid valve, Mini Compressor, AFPA bellow, and Servos. This soft robotic hand has many advantages such as good adaptability, simple structure, small size, high flexibility and less energy loss. As an extension Manual control of the robot using a virtual reality environment and well as some possible aspects of an automated farming systems can be considered as future additions.","PeriodicalId":73286,"journal":{"name":"IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation : ICRA : [proceedings]. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation","volume":"9 1","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47771724","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":"Multi-objective optimization and linear buckling of serial chain of a medical robot tool for soft tissue surgery","authors":"G. Ilewicz, A. Harlecki","doi":"10.11591/ijra.v9i1.pp17-25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11591/ijra.v9i1.pp17-25","url":null,"abstract":"Received Oct 13, 2019 Revised Dec 27, 2019 Accepted Jan 12, 2020 The slender structures of a medical robot may have a tendency to buckling when a force equal to the critical Euler force and an additional disturbance will work on their structures. In this work, eigenvalue problem that describes the linear buckling is under consideration. The main goal of the article is to check when linear buckling phenomenon appears in construction of a medical robot with serial chain due to the fact that for safety reasons of a robot’s work, it is necessary to answer the question, whether the buckling may occur in the robot’s structure. For this purpose, a numerical calculation model was defined by using the finite element method. The values of load factor coefficients that are eigenvalue are determinated and also the eigenvectors that have shapes of deformation for the next eigenvalues are presented. The multi-criteria optimization model was determined to aim for the minimum mass of the effector and the buckling coefficient, from which the Euler force results, for the maximum. The solution was obtained on the basis of Pareto fronts and the MOGA genetic algorithm.","PeriodicalId":73286,"journal":{"name":"IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation : ICRA : [proceedings]. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation","volume":"9 1","pages":"17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47041061","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":"Optimized Convolutional Neural Network-Based Object Recognition for Humanoid Robot","authors":"Xiao Ming, Xiao Nanfeng, Zeng Mengjun, Yuan Qunyong","doi":"10.36959/673/363","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36959/673/363","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, many researchers have proposed a series of algorithms based on convolutional neural networks and achieved good performances in the field of object detection and recognition. For humanoid robots, they are designed to assist or replace people in completing a series of anthropomorphic tasks, and their ability to recognize and grasp surrounding objects is the most basic requirement.","PeriodicalId":73286,"journal":{"name":"IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation : ICRA : [proceedings]. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42785624","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":"Intelligent robust control system of robotic unicycle based on the end-to-end soft computing technology","authors":"Ulyanov Sergey, Ulyanov Viktor","doi":"10.15406/IRATJ.2020.06.00199","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15406/IRATJ.2020.06.00199","url":null,"abstract":"The extraction of knowledge from a new movement types is based on studding of mathematical model benchmarks. The robotic unicycle motion is one of such type of “benchmark movements” (benchmark model of nonlinear mechanics),1–5 described as nonlinear nonholonomic, global unstable dynamic system. Related research of such dynamic systems is interesting for nonlinear mechanics (to develop a new method of nonlinear effects research) and for modern control theory (to deve1op a new intelligent control algorithms).","PeriodicalId":73286,"journal":{"name":"IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation : ICRA : [proceedings]. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation","volume":"6 1","pages":"20-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42005810","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}
K. Nuntiya, C. Seksan, T. Dechathanat, W. Fasai, S. Pramot, A. Ismail
{"title":"A Simulation Model To Optimize The Painting Robots","authors":"K. Nuntiya, C. Seksan, T. Dechathanat, W. Fasai, S. Pramot, A. Ismail","doi":"10.15226/2473-3032/4/1/00140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15226/2473-3032/4/1/00140","url":null,"abstract":"Robots have been widely used to replace human labors in the manufacturing factories, especially when dealing with hazardous environments such as chemicals, heat, etc. Other objective including ensuring consistent quality taking advantages of continuous operation of the robots. However, one major hindrance is the high initial investment of the robots despite the benefit acquired when the robots is used. Often, the skeptical opinion of the investors winding down the proposal. Therefore, the simulation of process improvement activities especially on the robot-based production process is a subject of great interest, which requires low to no-cost without jeopardizing the investor trust. In the ceramic factory, different value products are produced. Finding the highest benefit from robotics is something to consider. In this study, a simulation software, namely FlexSim is analyzed and simulated to optimize the painting process by robots.","PeriodicalId":73286,"journal":{"name":"IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation : ICRA : [proceedings]. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation","volume":"4 1","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47477021","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}
Mazhari Arash Alex, Hunter Daniel, Teodorescu Mircea
{"title":"A Robotic Transportation System via Hybrid Jump-Gliding Locomotion","authors":"Mazhari Arash Alex, Hunter Daniel, Teodorescu Mircea","doi":"10.36959/673/362","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36959/673/362","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, various methods of bio-inspired locomotion are investigated with the objective of designing a robotic system to transport a payload via the convention of repeatable jump gliding. The authors provide the mission objective of transporting a payload over a stepped incline, and propose a winged bipedal robot parameterized under the bounding requisites that such a system be capable of exploiting the joint locomotive implications of jumping and gliding for a series of controlled flights and subsequent landings.","PeriodicalId":73286,"journal":{"name":"IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation : ICRA : [proceedings]. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48857946","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}
A. Alsayed, M. Nabawy, A. Yunusa‐Kaltungo, Mark K. Quinn, F. Arvin
{"title":"World's First Drone-Assisted Safety Inspection and Monitoring System for Confined Spaces in Cement Plants","authors":"A. Alsayed, M. Nabawy, A. Yunusa‐Kaltungo, Mark K. Quinn, F. Arvin","doi":"10.13140/RG.2.2.12434.17608","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.12434.17608","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73286,"journal":{"name":"IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation : ICRA : [proceedings]. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46599602","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}
Liangliang Yang, Tian Rongchang, W. Qian, Y. Hoshino, Shuming Yang, Ying Cao
{"title":"Optimal design and simulation of a robot hand for a robot pumpkin harvesting system","authors":"Liangliang Yang, Tian Rongchang, W. Qian, Y. Hoshino, Shuming Yang, Ying Cao","doi":"10.15406/iratj.2020.06.00196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15406/iratj.2020.06.00196","url":null,"abstract":"More than 40% of pumpkins are planted in Hokkaido, Japan. In recent years, the planting area of pumpkin decreased year by year for the shortage of farmers for harvesting. We are going to develop a robot harvester to help the farmers keep the current planting scale in Japan. However, the complex environment in which pumpkin are grown and various shapes and sizes, which make it is difficult for robot hand to automatically pick pumpkin.1 It’s indispensable that building a mechanical structure adapted to the farm environment and to the characteristics of the fruits and vegetables.2,3,4 The robot hand plays a key role in automatic harvesting for different targets, therefore its design is particularly important.5,6,7","PeriodicalId":73286,"journal":{"name":"IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation : ICRA : [proceedings]. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation","volume":"6 1","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41586772","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}
Suda Bharadwaj, Abraham P Vinod, Rayna Dimitrova, Ufuk Topcu
{"title":"Near-Optimal Reactive Synthesis Incorporating Runtime Information.","authors":"Suda Bharadwaj, Abraham P Vinod, Rayna Dimitrova, Ufuk Topcu","doi":"10.1109/icra40945.2020.9196581","DOIUrl":"10.1109/icra40945.2020.9196581","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We consider the problem of optimal reactive synthesis - compute a strategy that satisfies a mission specification in a dynamic environment, and optimizes a performance metric. We incorporate task-critical information, that is only available at runtime, into the strategy synthesis in order to improve performance. Existing approaches to utilising such time-varying information require online re-synthesis, which is not computationally feasible in real-time applications. In this paper, we pre-synthesize a set of strategies corresponding to <i>candidate instantiations</i> (pre-specified representative information scenarios). We then propose a novel switching mechanism to dynamically switch between the strategies at runtime while guaranteeing all safety and liveness goals are met. We also characterize bounds on the performance suboptimality. We demonstrate our approach on two examples - robotic motion planning where the likelihood of the position of the robot's goal is updated in real-time, and an air traffic management problem for urban air mobility.</p>","PeriodicalId":73286,"journal":{"name":"IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation : ICRA : [proceedings]. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation","volume":"2020 ","pages":"10342-10348"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7592699/pdf/nihms-1609575.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38648967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}