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Coordinated multi-arm motion planning: Reaching for moving objects in the face of uncertainty (RSS 2016 Best Student Paper Award)

Mirrazavi Salehian, Seyed Sina  
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Figueroa Fernandez, Nadia Barbara  
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Billard, Aude  orcid-logo
2016
2016 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference

Coordinated control strategies for multi-robot systems are necessary for tasks that cannot be executed by a single robot. This encompasses tasks where the workspace of the robot is too small or where the load is too heavy for one robot to handle. Using multiple robots makes the task feasible by extending the workspace and/or increase the payload of the overall robotic system. In this paper, we consider two instances of such task: a co-worker scenario in which a human hands over a large object to a robot; intercepting a large flying object. The problem is made difficult as the pick-up/intercept motions must take place while the object is in motion and because the object's motion is not deterministic. The challenge is then to adapt the motion of the robotic arms in coordination with one another and with the object. Determining the pick-up/intercept point is done by taking into account the workspace of the multi-arm system and is continuously recomputed to adapt to change in the object's trajectory. We propose a dynamical systems (DS) based control law to generate autonomous and synchronized motions for a multi-arm robot system in the task of reaching for a moving object. We show theoretically that the resulting DS coordinates the motion of the robots with each other and with the object, while the system remains stable. We validate our approach on a dual-arm robotic system and demonstrate that it can re-synchronize and adapt the motion of each arm in synchrony in a fraction of seconds, even when the motion of the object is fast and not accurately predictable.

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conference paper not in proceedings
Author(s)
Mirrazavi Salehian, Seyed Sina  
Figueroa Fernandez, Nadia Barbara  
Billard, Aude  orcid-logo
Date Issued

2016

Subjects

Dynamical systems

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Multi-arm coordination

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Motion Planning

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Lyapunov stability

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfucwRGa7k8
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2016 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference

Arbor, Michigan, USA.

June 20-22, 2016

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May 19, 2016
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/126227
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