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Zugel, John Martin. "Prolog implementation in robot kinematics." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/44674.
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The purpose of this study is to implement the advantages of the relatively new field of expert systems to robot kinematics. The research presented in this thesis illustrates the progress in combining the two fields. An expert system used to solve the kinematic equations of general purpose robots is presented along with some examples.
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Šimková, Kristýna. "Návrh SW pro řízení delta robotu." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2019. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-400926.
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This thesis deals with software creation for delt robot in TwinCAT 3 program. First part describes the general characteristics of a delta robot. Next part deals with hardware and PLC coding in TwinCAT 3 and the final part discusses the creation of an application.
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McNamee, Louis P. "Photogrammetric calibration of mobile robot kinematics." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/26522.
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Numerous simulation and control applications of mobile robotics require accurate kinematic models. A kinematic model relates the position and orientation of a robot to control inputs. This thesis proposes a non-intrusive methodology to calibrate kinematic models for wheeled mobile robots. Model calibration requires accurate measurement of kinematic state and robust estimation techniques to account for process and measurement uncertainty. A photogrammetric camera system is used to measure the kinematic trajectory of wheeled mobile robot. A fully projective formulation of Lowe's pose recovery algorithm is used to estimate robot pose from monocular images. A derivative free form of the extended Kalman filter is applied to the time series pose data to estimate robot model parameters. Experimental results are presented for a differential wheeled mobile robot. Calibration by photogrammetry is shown to be viable for typical mobile robot applications.
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Sun, Lingchen. "A comparative study of the workspace and kinematics analysis for free-floating robots." Ohio : Ohio University, 1995. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1178906504.
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Kozubík, Jiří. "Experimentální robotizované pracoviště s delta-robotem." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-229633.
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This diploma thesis was written within Czech-German study programme Production systems (VUT v Brně & TU Chemnitz). This thesis is divided into four main parts. In the first part is brought out the introduction to design of robotic cells. Following part is concentrated on analysis of present state in area of machines with parallel kinematics. The penultimate part, on which is focused the main attention, is dedicated to kinematic analysis of delta-robot. Closing part of this Thesis presents the study of experimental robotized workplace with integrated delta-robot.
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Petruška, Bohumil. "Lineární jednotka s hydraulickým pohonem pro robot s paralelní kinematickou strukturou." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-230328.
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This thesis deals with new construction of hydraulic linear drive for paralell kinematics structures of robots. In the first section provides a historical development of robots with this structures. There are also described differences between each machine with this structures and compares them with machines with linear structures. In the second section is made a proposal of hydraulic actuator. Designed actuators are arranged into hexapod. There is also included a proposal of possible solutions to fixing hydraulic actuator to platform and base. This thesis include drawings of selected parts and drawing of a whole set of new designed hydraulic actuator. It is included a block diagram of the hydraulic circuit.
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Venkatayogi, Chandana. "Simulation of a Humanoid Robot." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1195575304.
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WALLÉN, KIESSLING ALEXANDER, and NICLAS MÄÄTTÄ. "Anthropomorphic Robot Arm." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-279804.
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Robot manipulators are commonly used in today's industrial applications. In this report a 3D-printed anthropomorphic robot arm with three degrees of freedom was constructed. The robot arm operates with the use of a microcontroller and servomotors. Through utilizing the Denavit-Hartenberg method and inverse kinematics the robot’s end effector is able to reach a specified point in space. This report has found that the accuracy of the constructed robotic manipulator reaching a specific coordinate depends on the distance of the end effector from its base. The relative error of the constructed robot’s positioning falls within 1.3- 6.9%, with a 99% confidence.Robotmanipulatorer är idag vanligt förekommande i industriella applikationer. I denna rapport konstrueras en 3D-printad antropomorf robotarm med tre frihetsgrader. Robotarmen styrs med hjälp av en mikrokontroller och servomotorer. Baserat på DenavitHartenberg metoden och inverskinematik kan robotens ändpunkt ta sig till en specificerad punkt i rummet. Vidare har rapporten funnit att den konstruerade robotens exakthet beror på avståndet emellan robotens manipulator och dess bas. Det relativa felet av robotens positionering ligger inom intervallet 1.3-6.9% med en 99% konfidens.
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Needler, Noah J. "Design of an Algae Harvesting Cable Robot, Including a Novel Solution to the Forward Pose Kinematics Problem." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1374249164.
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Layeghi, Kamran. "Kinematics and dynamics simulation control of a five-axis robot." Thesis, Keele University, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.277928.
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Pagan, Jesus Manuel. "Cable-Suspended Robot System with Real Time Kinematics GPS Position Correction for Algae Harvesting." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1539256829665799.
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Baharin, Iskandar Bin. "Kinematics, dynamics and vision sensing in a modified SCARA-type robot." Thesis, University of Bradford, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.292625.
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Li, Chungwuu. "A general robot path verification simulation system: GRPVSS." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45813.
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Collision-detection is a critical task for off-line robot path planning. A general robot path verification simulation system, GRPVSS, applicable for all industrial robots with open-looped links, is created to verify the intended robot path. The manipulator and obstacles are modeled by convex polyhedra to reduce the computation burden required by the collision detection algorithm. As a kinematic simulator, GRPVSS employs motion-time profiles or ideal trapezoid profiles which describe the position-vs-time relation of an individual joint, to generate the robot working trajectory. This approach makes the to-be-verified working path closer to the real one. Both point-to-point(PTP) and continuous path(CP) operations can be simulated by GRPVSS.
Collision detection is conducted by performing geometric interference detection between the static configurations of the expanded moving robot and the static obstacles at each simulation step. Inn this case, the resolution of a simulation is critical to path verification. Simulations with low resolution take the risk of undetected collisions, while simulations with high resolution consume too much computing time. GRPVSS computes and employs the lowest resolution level that yields 100% path verification for the specified tolerances of manipulator dimensions. The tolerance value is specified by the user but should not be specified smaller than the positioning accuracy of the simulated industrial robot. The links of the manipulator are expanded by the amount of tolerance.
GRPVSS is a graphic simulator. A systematic control supervisor is constructed for the simulator to request input and to proceed all functions interactively with users. The robot motion of a simulated path is animated on a 3-D graphical screen. A11 collision configurations and related information of the simulated path are stored in a file and shown on the screen. The graphical display works on graPHIGS, one of the 3-D graphical software packages published by IBM.Master of Science
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Emiris, Ioannis Z. "Sparse elimination and applications in kinematics /." Berkeley, CA US : Univ. of California at Berkeley, 1994. http://www-sop.inria.fr/saga/personnel/Ioannis.Emiris/index.html.
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Veleba, Tomáš. "Čtyřnohý kráčejicí robot." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-217481.
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The diploma paper deal with control problems of a four legged walking robot. They endeavour to establish and partly implement the walking and control algorithms. They are divided into six parts. Individual chassis types and their advantages and drawbacks are analysed in introduction. Next part describes mechanical design of the robot and also all realised electronics facilities. The third part describes in detail sensors that are used by the robot. Following part deals with description of robot's walking. It explains individual walking phases and analyses both static and dynamic stability. Next part contains description of the robot's software facility. The software facility of the control micro-controller and the algorithm that generates walking are explained in this part. It also describes software facility of control application in computer. Exploration of the possibilities for wireless control is carried out in the last part.
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Anderson, Karen 1959. "Inverse kinematics of robot manipulators in the presence of singularities and redundancies." Thesis, McGill University, 1987. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=66208.
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Tsai, Yusheng T. "A strictly convergent, real-time solution for inverse kinematics for robot manipulators /." The Ohio State University, 1986. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487267546984588.
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Dardouri, Fawzia. "Dispositif d’assistance associé à des robots manipulateurs utilisés dans des procédés de fabrication/FSW." Thesis, Paris, ENSAM, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018ENAM0036/document.
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Les robots industriels sont très utilisés aujourd’hui dans de nombreuses applications industrielles pour leur polyvalence et leur facilité programmation. Cependant, malgré leurs performances, ces robots ne sont pas adaptés à certains procédés de fabrication où des forces uniformes et élevées ainsi qu'une précision de positionnement appropriée sont requises. Le présent travail est axé sur la robotisation de l'une des opérations à forte charge, le soudage par friction-malaxage (FSW). Cette méthode d’assemblage s’utilise pour assembler des pièces en phase solide. Pour cette raison, une force de poussée très élevée est nécessaire pour ramollir le matériau pendant cette opération. En raison des forces élevées, la position de l'outil dévie de la trajectoire désirée. Dans ces travaux de thèse, la possibilité d'utiliser un dispositif d’assistance associé à un robot manipulateur est étudiée afin d’améliorer sa capacité de charge et sa rigidité. Dans une première partie, une modélisation géométrique, cinématique et dynamique ainsi que de déformation d’un robot industriel Kuka KR500-2MT est développée en localisant la flexibilité au niveau des articulations. La deuxième partie consiste à améliorer les performances de la robotisation du procédé FSW par différentes méthodes qui sont la modification du système de compensation de gravité, l’ajout d’une masse additionnelle sur l’outil, l’ajout d’une structure parallèle et l’utilisation de deux robots en mode coopératif. Les deux dernières solutions consistent à exercer des forces directement sur l’outillage. De cette façon, le mouvement de l'outil est principalement piloté par le robot industriel, tandis que le dispositif d’assistance (soit la structure parallèle ou le deuxième robot utilisé dans le système coopératif) assure la génération de forces de poussées très élevées. Des algorithmes d’optimisation ont été utilisés afin de minimiser les déviations de l’outil et donc réduire les défauts de soudage. Finalement, une étude de l’espace de travail est menée en utilisant le logiciel Catia. La connaissance de l'espace de travail pour les solutions proposées nous permet d’estimer les applications de soudage possibles ainsi que leur comparaisonNowadays industrial robots are used in many manufacturing applications because of their versatility and easy applicability. Notwithstanding their performance these robots are not suitable for some manufacturing processes where uniform and high forces together with suitable precision of position are required. The present research is focused on the robotization of one of the high-thrust operations, the friction stir welding (FSW). This method for connecting two parts works while the connected materials are in the solid phase. For this reason a very high axial force is needed to soften the material during the welding process. Due to these high forces the position of the tool of a serial robot deviates from the desired trajectory. In this PhD work, the possibility of using a parallel structure device is investigated to improve the load capacity and stiffness of a heavy loadmanipulator robot. In a first part, the geometric, kinematic and dynamic modeling and the flexibility of an industrial robot, Kuka KR500-2MT are developed by locating flexibility at the joints. The second part is to improve the performance of the FSW process using an industrial robot. So different methods are examined: the modification of the gravity compensation system, the addition of an additional mass on the tool, the addition of a parallel structure and the use of a cooperative system. The last two solutions exert forces directly on the process tool. In this way the movement of the tool is mainly generated by the industrial serial robot, while the assistive device (either the parallel structure or the second robot used in the cooperatif system) ensures the generation of very high axial forces. Optimization algorithms are developed to minimize deviations and thus reduce welding defects. Finally, a study of the workspace is studied using Catia software. Knowledge of the system workspace with the proposed solutions allows to estimate the possible welding applications that can be achieved using these systems
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KAMEDULA, MALGORZATA KATARZYNA. "Support polygon in the hybrid legged-wheeled CENTAURO robot: modelling and control." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Genova, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11567/996170.
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Search for the robot capable to perform well in the real-world has sparked an interest in the hybrid locomotion systems. The hybrid legged-wheeled robots combine the advantages of the standard legged and wheeled platforms by switching between the quick and efficient wheeled motion on the flat grounds and the more versatile legged mobility on the unstructured terrains. With the locomotion flexibility offered by the hybrid mobility and appropriate control tools, these systems have high potential to excel in practical applications adapting effectively to real-world during locomanipuation operations. In contrary to their standard well-studied counterparts, kinematics of this newer type of robotic platforms has not been fully understood yet. This gap may lead to unexpected results when the standard locomotion methods are applied to hybrid legged-wheeled robots. To better understand mobility of the hybrid legged-wheeled robots, the model that describes the support polygon of a general hybrid legged-wheeled robot as a function of the wheel angular velocities without assumptions on the robot kinematics or wheel camber angle is proposed and analysed in this thesis. Based on the analysis of the developed support polygon model, a robust omnidirectional driving scheme has been designed. A continuous wheel motion is resolved through the Inverse Kinematics (IK) scheme, which generates robot motion compliant with the Non-Sliding Pure-Rolling (NSPR) condition. A higher-level scheme resolving a steering motion to comply with the non-holonomic constraint and to tackle the structural singularity is proposed. To improve the robot performance in presence to the unpredicted circumstances, the IK scheme has been enhanced with the introduction of a new reactive support polygon adaptation task. To this end, a novel quadratic programming task has been designed to push the system Support Polygon Vertices (SPVs) away from the robot Centre of Mass (CoM), while respecting the leg workspace limits. The proposed task has been expressed through the developed SPV model to account for the hardware limits. The omnidirectional driving and reactive control schemes have been verified in the simulation and hardware experiments. To that end, the simulator for the CENTAURO robot that models the actuation dynamics and the software framework for the locomotion research have been developed.
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Agheli, Hajiabadi Mohammad Mahdi. "Analytical Workspace, Kinematics, and Foot Force Based Stability of Hexapod Walking Robots." Digital WPI, 2013. https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-dissertations/158.
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Many environments are inaccessible or hazardous for humans. Remaining debris after earthquake and fire, ship hulls, bridge installations, and oil rigs are some examples. For these environments, major effort is being placed into replacing humans with robots for manipulation purposes such as search and rescue, inspection, repair, and maintenance. Mobility, manipulability, and stability are the basic needs for a robot to traverse, maneuver, and manipulate in such irregular and highly obstructed terrain. Hexapod walking robots are as a salient solution because of their extra degrees of mobility, compared to mobile wheeled robots. However, it is essential for any multi-legged walking robot to maintain its stability over the terrain or under external stimuli. For manipulation purposes, the robot must also have a sufficient workspace to satisfy the required manipulability. Therefore, analysis of both workspace and stability becomes very important. An accurate and concise inverse kinematic solution for multi-legged robots is developed and validated. The closed-form solution of lateral and spatial reachable workspace of axially symmetric hexapod walking robots are derived and validated through simulation which aid in the design and optimization of the robot parameters and workspace. To control the stability of the robot, a novel stability margin based on the normal contact forces of the robot is developed and then modified to account for the geometrical and physical attributes of the robot. The margin and its modified version are validated by comparison with a widely known stability criterion through simulated and physical experiments. A control scheme is developed to integrate the workspace and stability of multi-legged walking robots resulting in a bio-inspired reactive control strategy which is validated experimentally.
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Poling, Dana B. "Spherically-actuated platform manipulator." Ohio : Ohio University, 2000. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1172775949.
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Hrbáček, Jakub. "Lineární jednotka s hydraulickým pohonem pro robot s paralelní kinematickou strukturou." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-229902.
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This master’s thesis deals with the design of hydraulic linear drive for parallel kinematics structures of robots, which is not standardly used for these kind of robots. In the part of background research it deals with modern applications of these robots in profession and possible construction components, conventional or nonconventional ones. The master’s thesis further describes the procedure of construction the hydraulic drive. At first the linear hydromotor is designed and further the whole hydraulic circuit. The whole drive is processed in appropriate software program as a 3D model, from witch the assembly drawings is worked out.
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Štěpánek, Vojtěch. "Vývoj a návrh nízkonákladového manipulátoru pro interakci s okolím." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-382122.
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This thesis is focused in design low cost robotic manipulator known as SCARA. Chapters are sorted chronological by degrees of manipulator development. Thesis will present metods of inverse kinematics, that determines intaraction between joint rotation and cartesian coordina-tes of gripper. Next it introduces flowcharts for controlling machine and explains the control software determinater especially for microcontroller called Arduino MEGA.
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Doctor, Diana. "Aplikace quaternionů v kinematice robotu." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2019. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-401559.
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This thesis deals with the usefulness of the application of quaternions in representing robot kinematics. It begins by showing the relationship of quaternions to the more commonly-known complex numbers and how it can represent rotations in three-dimensions. Then, the dual quaternions are introduced to represent both the three-dimensional rotation and translation. It will then be used to derive the forward and inverse kinematics, particularly, for the Universal Robot UR3 which is a 6-DOF robotic arm. Lastly, an actual application of dual quaternions in robot programming will be demonstrated
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Jílek, Tomáš. "Pokročilá navigace v heterogenních multirobotických systémech ve vnějším prostředí." Doctoral thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-234530.
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The doctoral thesis discusses current options for the navigation of unmanned ground vehicles with a focus on achieving high absolute compliance of the required motion trajectory and the obtained one. The current possibilities of key self-localization methods, such as global satellite navigation systems, inertial navigation systems, and odometry, are analyzed. The description of the navigation method, which allows achieving a centimeter-level accuracy of the required trajectory tracking with the above mentioned self-localization methods, forms the core of the thesis. The new navigation method was designed with regard to its very simple parameterization, respecting the limitations of the used robot drive configuration. Thus, after an appropriate parametrization of the navigation method, it can be applied to any drive configuration. The concept of the navigation method allows integrating and using more self-localization systems and external navigation methods simultaneously. This increases the overall robustness of the whole process of the mobile robot navigation. The thesis also deals with the solution of cooperative convoying heterogeneous mobile robots. The proposed algorithms were validated under real outdoor conditions in three different experiments.
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Duggan, Matthew Sherman. "Automatic correction of robot programs based on sensor calibration data." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/17814.
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Zhong, George Guozhen. "Development of a hydraulic robot for tunnel drilling, manipulator kinematics and tracking control." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1996. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq23961.pdf.
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Xin, Ming. "Kinematics, Dynamics, and Controller Design for the Contour Crafting Cartesian Cable (C4) Robot." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1213223249.
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Sridhar, Dheerendra M. "Mathematical Modeling of Cable Sag, Kinematics, Statics, and Optimization of a Cable Robot." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1439416734.
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Goldman, Gabriel Jacob. "Design Space and Motion Development for a Pole Climbing Serpentine Robot Featuring Actuated Universal Joints." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31560.
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Each year, falls from elevated structures, like scaffolding, kill or seriously injure over a thousand construction workers (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2007). To prevent such falls, the development of a robotic system is proposed that can climb and navigate on the complex structures, performing hazardous inspection and maintenance in place of humans. In this work, a serpentine robotic system is developed that will be able to climb pole-like structures, such as scaffolding and trusses, commonly found on work sites. Serpentine robots have been proven to be effective at traversing unstructured terrains and manipulating complex objects. The work presented in this thesis adds a new method of mobility for serpentine robots, specifically those with actuated universal joint structures. Movement is produced by inducing a wobbling motion between adjacent modules through oscillatory motions in the actuated axis of the universal joint. Through the frictional interactions between the modules of the serpentine and the surface of the pole, the wobbling motion lets the serpentine effectively roll up the poleâ s surface.
This work investigates theoretical and experimental results for a serpentine robot climbing a pole structure. It discusses the structure and design parameters of the robot and develops relationships between them. These geometric and performance-based relationships are then used to create a design space that provides a guide for choosing a combination of module dimensions for a desired set of performance parameters. From this, case studies are shown which give examples of how the design space can be used for several different applications.
Based on the design space procedure, a serpentine robot, HyDRAS (Hyper-Redundant Discrete Robotic Articulated Serpentine) was designed and built. The robot was used to prove the validity of the design space procedure and to validate the climbing motion algorithms. Several tests were performed with HyDRAS that showed the practicality of the helical rolling motion, as well as the feasibility of serpentine pole climbing. Observations and discussion based on the experiments are given, along with the plans for future work involving pole-climbing serpentine robots.Master of Science
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Pavlica, Jiří. "Lineární jednotka s hydraulickým pohonem pro robot s paralelní kinematickou strukturou." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-231232.
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This thesis describes the design of linear units with hydraulic drive for the robot with parallel kinematic structure. The theoretical part deals with the historical development of parallel kinematic structures, its design proposals for individual structural elements and a comparison of parallel and serial kinematics. The main aim of the work is developing design of hydraulic drive, hydraulic circuit, creating a 3D model using Solid Edge software, and the development of design documentation for the designated parts.
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Dufour, Kévin. "Génération automatique et sécuritaire de trajectoires pour un robot collaboratif." Mémoire, Université de Sherbrooke, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11143/11810.
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Parce que la robotique collaborative vise à libérer les robots des barrières physiques les séparant des opérateurs humains, de nouveaux défis apparaissent autour de la sécurité de ces derniers. S'il est possible de diminuer la dangerosité des robots en amont de leur conception, les logiciels qui les contrôlent doivent impérativement intégrer des mesures de sécurité, afin d'être compatibles avec des environnements humains dynamiques. Les algorithmes classiques de planification de trajectoire nécessitant de lourds calculs, il est avantageux de modifier la trajectoire en temps réel pour l'adapter à l'environnement dangereux.
Dans ce projet de recherche, un algorithme de cinématique inverse, sous forme de problème d'optimisation, est utilisé afin de générer la commande du robot à partir d'une trajectoire définie hors-ligne. L'ajout de contraintes de sécurité à ce problème est particulièrement étudié : dans un premier temps, l'indice de manipulabilité, qui traduit la distance du robot à une configuration singulière, est considéré. Ainsi, il doit être maximisé tout au long de la trajectoire afin d'assurer la meilleure mobilité disponible. Dans un deuxième temps, le facteur humain a été intégré par la prise en compte du confort de celui-ci : afin de réduire le stress éprouvé par l'opérateur face à un robot aux mouvements imprévisibles, on s'assure de minimiser la distance entre l'effecteur et le regard de l'humain pour garantir une plus grande visibilité de la tâche. Dans les deux cas, nous avons présenté une formulation originale de ces critères afin de les intégrer dans le problème d'optimisation. Par ailleurs la contrainte d'évitement d'obstacles a aussi été utilisée, de même que la relaxation de la trajectoire, qui permet au robot de dévier un peu de cette dernière pendant une portion de la durée de la tâche. Enfin des tests en simulation et avec le robot réel Baxter de Rethink Robotics ont permis de valider notre approche et de vérifier les performances en conditions réelles, en utilisant une caméra RGB-D et un logiciel de détection d'humain en temps réel.Abstract : Because collaborative robots are aimed at working in the vicinity of human workers without physical security fences, they bring new challenges about security. Even if robots can be conceived to be less harmful, their software has to integrate security features in order to be suitable for dynamic human environments. Since classical path planning algorithms require heavy calculations, it is interesting to modify the trajectory in real time to adapt it to the dangerous environment. In this research project, an inverse kinematics solver, in the form of an optimization problem, is used to generate the command of the robot to follow a trajectory defined offline. The addition of security constraints is studied: first, the manipulability index, which reflects the distance of the robot to singular configurations, is considered. Thus, it should be maximized all along the trajectory to ensure the best mobility available. Then the human is integrated by taking into account its comfort: in order to reduce the stress of working near an unpredictable moving robot, the distance between the end-effector and the human gaze is minimized to guarantee a greater visibility of the task. In both cases, we have presented a new formulation of those criteria to integrate them into the optimization problem. Moreover, the collision avoidance constraint is used, as well as the trajectory relaxation, which allows the robot to deviate from its trajectory for a certain amount of time during the task. Finally tests in simulation and with the real Baxter robot from Rethink Robotics validated our approach and the performance has been evaluated in real conditions, using a RGB-D camera and a real time human tracker software.
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Nyzen, Ronald A. "Spherically-actuated platform manipulator with passive prismatic joints." Ohio : Ohio University, 2002. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1174930163.
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Mamrak, Justin. "MARK II a biologically-inspired walking robot /." Ohio : Ohio University, 2008. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1226694264.
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Jones, Timothy Paul. "Kinematics, dynamics and design of a spherical positioning robot for satellite tracking and other applications." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Mechanical Engineering, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/5861.
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In order to avoid the keyhole problems associated with the current antenna mounting systems and to meet the requirements of target acquisition and tracking for high gain narrow beamwidth antennas, a novel antenna mounting system has been developed. The antenna is mounted on a parallel robot based on the Phillips-Sherwood mechanism that has either two or three degrees of freedom. Unlike conventional mounts this parallel robotic mounting system is able to point an antenna anywhere in the upper hemisphere without encountering singularities. Three other parallel mechanisms that are derivatives of the Phillips-Sherwood mechanism are analysed, and conclusions are drawn about the feasibility of such mechanisms for beam aiming applications. One mechanism in particular appears to offer many advantages, and a robot based on this mechanism may in fact prove to be superior to the first robotic aiming mechanism developed at the University of Canterbury.
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Sarfraz, Hassan. "Kinematics and Optimal Control of a Mobile Parallel Robot for Inspection of Pipe-like Environments." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/30486.
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The objective of this thesis is to analyze the kinematics of a mobile parallel robot with contribution that pertain to the singularity analysis, the optimization of geometric parameters and the optimal control to avoid singularities when navigating across singular
geometric configurations. The analysis of the workspace and singularities is performed in a prescribed reference workspace regions using discretization method. Serial and parallel singularities are analytically analyzed and all possible singular configurations are presented. Kinematic conditioning index is used to determine the robot’s proximity to a singular configuration. A method for the determination of a continuous and singularity-free workspace is detailed.
The geometric parameters of the system are optimized in various types of pipe-like
structures with respect to a suitable singularity index, in order to avoid singularities during the navigation across elbows. The optimization problem is formulated with an objective to maximize the reachable workspace and minimize the singularities. The objective function is also subjected to constraints such as collision avoidance, singularity avoidance, workspace continuity and contact constraints imposed between the boundaries and the wheels of the robot. A parametric variation method is used as a technique to optimize the design parameters. The optimal design parameters found are normalized
with respect to the width of the pipe-like structures and therefore the results are
generalized to be used in the development phase of the robot.
An optimal control to generate singularity-free trajectories when the robotic device has to cross a geometric singularity in a sharp 90◦ elbow is proposed. Such geometric singularity inherently leads to singularities in the Jacobian of the system, and therefore a modified device with augmented number of degrees of freedom is introduced to be able to generate non-singular trajectories.
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Dick, Andrew B. "Development Feasibility of a Universal Industrial Robot/Automation Equipment Controller." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1141870661.
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Labbé, Anton, and Benjamin Ström. "Construction of a Selective Compliance Articulated Robot Arm : And evaluation of its accuracy." Thesis, KTH, Mekatronik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-296163.
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The concept of a robotic manipulator is widely used throughout many industries. In this project, a manipulator of the type SCARA, selective compliance articulated robot arm, is constructed. The aim was to examine how such a robot could be constructed using 3D-printing and how accurate it would be. Other than 3D-printing, parts in the form of guiding rods, lead screw, bearings, pulleys and timing belts were used. Together with a microcontroller, the robot operates using three stepper motors. In the end it resulted in a SCARA with reasonable accuracy considering the methods used, more specifically the largest average error was 3.6cm in the X direction and 2.3 cm in the Y direction. The largest drawback of the final construction was the negative balance between tightening the belts and friction in the inner joint. Tightening the belts meant larger friction and thereby undesired movement properties. Doing the opposite meant that the belts could start slipping and enabled backlash.Konceptet av en robotarm används brett inom många industrier. Detta projekt syftar till att konstruera en robot avtypen SCARA, selective compliance articulated robot arm. Målet var att undersöka hur en sådan robot kan 3D-printas och dess precision. Förutom 3D-printade delar användes även guidestänger, kullager, kamremmar och remskivor. Robotens rörelser styrs tillsammans med en mikrokontroller och tre stegmotorer. Med tillvägagångssätten i åtanke resulterade projektet in en SCARA med rimlig precision. Mer specifikt var medelfelet 3.6 cm i X-led och 2.3 cm i Y-led. Den största nackdelen med den slutgiltiga konstruktionenvar den negativa jämvikten mellan att spänna kamremmarna och friktionen i den inre armleden. Att spänna kamremmarna innebar en ökning i friktion och därmed oönskade rörelseegenskaper. Att göra tvärtom innebar att bältena löpte större risk att glida ur och möjliggjorde dödgång.
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Pila, Ophélie. "Apport d’un entraînement utilisant un dispositif robotisé sur la motricité du membre supérieur chez des patients présentant une hémiparésie après un accident vasculaire cérébral." Thesis, Paris Est, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018PESC0078.
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Le syndrome de parésie spastique consécutif à un accident vasculaire cérébral (AVC) comprend plusieurs composantes dont la rétraction musculaire, la parésie sensible à l’étirement et l’hyperactivité musculaire, trois symptômes concourant à une altération de la fonction motrice du membre supérieur dans l’hémiparésie. Les progrès d’un patient atteint par ce syndrome peuvent reposer sur deux types de plasticité cérébrale : post-lésionnelle et liée à l’activité. Les maîtres-mots pour optimiser une récupération motrice par la plasticité liée à l’activité sont : intensité, répétition, effort, attention portée au mouvement, tâche dirigée vers un but et mouvement actif. Au regard des différentes techniques de rééducation, la thérapie utilisant un dispositif robotisé répond à ces principes stimulateurs de la plasticité cérébrale liée à l’activité. Cependant les modalités exactes de l’intervention robotisée et sa durée souhaitable n’ont pas été clarifiées.Une première étude rétrospective a montré que les bénéfices cliniques et cinématiques associés à l’utilisation combinée de l’ergothérapie conventionnelle et de la robot-thérapie sur au moins trois mois suggèrent l’intérêt d’une durée de traitement longue chez des patients aux limitations modérées en phase tardive de la période subaiguë. Une deuxième étude rétrospective suggère qu’à quatre ans, l’évolution lente de la fonction motrice pour ces mêmes patients semble fonction de la sévérité initiale, où finalement les moins bons régressent et les meilleurs s’améliorent un peu. Enfin, une étude prospective randomisée contrôlée en phase subaiguë a démontré que l’entraînement de mouvements sur robot sans assistance améliore l’amplitude active d’extension du coude plus que le même entraînement avec assistance au besoin, qui pourtant a permis au patient d’effectuer environ un tiers de mouvements en plus par séance. Aussi, le facteur difficulté de l’effort prévaudrait sur celui du nombre de répétitions pour stimuler la plasticité cérébrale. Ce dernier principe ne s’exprime cependant que sur le mouvement élémentaire qui est directement entraîné par le robot, en l’occurrence l’extension du coude, tandis que d’autres mouvements fondamentaux dans l’utilisation du bras humain, par exemple la flexion de l’épaule en charge, l’extension du poignet et la préhension digitale, ne sont pas exercés avec la plupart des versions actuelles des robots d’assistance à la rééducation. L’autre limite majeure de la thérapie assistée par un dispositif robotisé est qu’elle ignore la maladie musculaire présentée par les patients (rétractions), ne s’adressant qu’à la composante neurologique de la parésie spastique (parésie de l’agoniste et cocontraction de l’antagoniste). C’est ainsi que malgré le grand nombre de répétitions de mouvements qu’elle permet, nous n’avons pas constaté que la thérapie assistée par un robot se montrait plus efficace que la thérapie conventionnelle seule sur la progression de la fonction globale du membre supérieur en phase subaiguë après un AVC.Les données issues de ce travail devraient permettre aux thérapeutes ayant accès à des dispositifs robotisés d’aide à la rééducation du membre supérieur d’affiner les modalités et la durée de leur prise en charge. L’association de la thérapie assistée par robots à d’autres thérapies pourrait permettre d’optimiser la réduction des troubles moteurs dans l’hémiparésie après un AVCFollowing stroke, the syndrome of deforming spastic paresis includes several components in which three main symptoms, soft tissue contracture, stretch-sensitive paresis and spastic muscle overactivity, impede motor function. Patient progress may utilize two types of brain plasticity: lesion-induced and behavior-induced. The key notions to optimize motor recovery through behavior-induced plasticity are: repetition, effort, attention to movement, goal-directed task and active movement. Robot-assisted therapy fulfills all these conditions. However, the exact modalities of use and optimal duration are yet to be defined.From a first retrospective study, the magnitude of the clinical and kinematic benefits associated with the combined use of robot-assisted and conventional occupational therapies during three months suggest the value of a long duration treatment in the late subacute phase for moderately impaired hemiparetic patients. A second retrospective study observed the four-year long-term evolution of motor function for these patients, which appears to be related to the baseline severity, in which the more severely affected deteriorate and the less severe patients improve a little. Finally, a prospective randomized controlled study demonstrated that non-assisted movement training was associated with greater active elbow extension improvement than training with the assist-as-needed modality even though the latter offered the patient 33% movements more in each session. Therefore, the difficulty of effort appears to be a more effective factor of brain plasticity than the number of movement repetitions. This principle has however been demonstrated only for the primary movement directly trained by the robot, that is, elbow extension. The other movements that are essential in human upper limb use, such as shoulder flexion, wrist extension, gross and fine digit prehension, are not trained with the most current versions of robots used in upper limb rehabilitation. In addition, another important limitation of robot-assisted therapy is that it ignores the muscle disorder (antagonist shortening) of spastic paresis by focusing only on the neural disorder component (paresis in agonists and cocontraction in antagonists). Despite the high number of movement repetitions in robot-assisted therapy, our prospective study has not been able to show superiority of robot-assisted therapy over conventional occupational therapy in improving overall upper limb motor function in the subacute phase after stroke.The findings of this work should help therapists with access to robotic devices to refine the modalities and duration of their use in patient care. Combining robot-assisted therapy with other therapies might optimize the reduction of motor disorder in hemiparesis following stroke
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Morazzani, Ivette Marie. "Investigation of Standing Up Strategies and Considerations for Gait Planning for a Novel Three-Legged Mobile Robot." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32319.
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This thesis addresses two important issues when operating the novel three legged mobile robot STriDER (Self-excited Tripedal Dynamic Experimental Robot); how to stand up after falling down while minimizing the motor torques at the joints and considerations for gait planning. STriDER uses a unique tripedal gait to walk with high energy efficiency and has the ability to change directions. In the first version of STriDER, the concept of passive dynamic locomotion was emphasized; however, for the new version, all joints are actively controlled for robustness. The robot is inherently stable when all three feet are on the ground due to its tripod stance, but it can still fall down if it trips while taking a step or if unexpected external forces act on it. The unique structure of STriDER makes the simple task of standing up challenging for a number of reasons; the high height of the robot and long limbs require high torque at the actuators due to its large moment arms; the joint configuration and length of
the limbs limit the workspace where the feet can be placed on the ground for support; the compact design of the joints allows limited joint actuation motor output torque; three limbs
do not allow extra support and stability in the process of standing up. This creates a unique problem and requires novel strategies to make STriDER stand up. This thesis examines
five standing up strategies unique to STriDER: three feet pushup, two feet pushup, one foot pushup, spiral pushup, and feet slipping pushup. Each strategy was analyzed and evaluated
considering constraints such as static stability, friction at the feet, kinematic configuration and joint motor torque limits to determine optimal design and operation parameters. Using
the findings from the analysis, experiments were conducted for all five standing up strategies to determine the most efficient standing up strategy for a given prototype using the same
design and operation parameters for each method. Also, a literature review was conducted for human standing from a chair and human pushup exercises and the conclusions were
compared to the analysis presented in this thesis.
Many factors contribute to the development of STriDERâ s gait. Several considerations for gait planning as the robot takes a step are investigated, including: stability, dynamics, the bodyâ s maximum and minimum allowable heights, the swing legs foot clearance to the ground, and the range of the subsequent swing foot contact positions. A static stability margin was also developed to asses the stability of STriDER. This work will lay the foundation for future gait generation research for STriDER. Additionally, guidelines for future work on single step gait generation based on kinematics and dynamics are discussed.
The findings presented will advance the capabilities and adaptability of the novel robot STriDER. By studying standing up strategies and gait planning issues, the most efficient
control methods can be implement for standing up and preparing to take a step and lay out the foundations for future research and development on STriDER.
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Showalter, Mark Henry. "Work Space Analysis and Walking Algorithm Development for A Radially Symmetric Hexapod Robot." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34663.
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The Multi-Appendage Robotic System (MARS) built for this research is a hexapod robotic platform capable of walking and performing manipulation tasks. Each of the six limbs of MARS incorporates a three-degree of freedom (DOF), kinematically spherical proximal joint, similar to a shoulder or hip joint; and a 1-DOF distal joint, similar to an elbow or knee joint. Designing walking gaits for such multi-limb robots requires a thorough understanding of the kinematics of the limbs, including their workspace. The specic abilities of a walking algorithm dictate the usable workspace for the limbs. Generally speaking, the more general the walking algorithm is, the less constricted the workspace becomes. However, the entire limb workspace cannot be used in a continuous, statically stable, alternating tripedal gait for such a robot; therefore a subset of the limb workspace is dened for walking algorithms. This thesis develops MARS limb workspaces in the knee up conguration, and analyzes its limitations for walking on planar surfaces. The workspaces range from simple 2D geometry to complex 3D volumes.
While MARS is a hexapedal robot, the tasks of dening the workspace and walking agorthm for all six limbs can be abstracted to a single limb using the constraint of a tripedal, statically stable gait. Based on understanding the behavior of an individual limb, a walking algorithm was developed to allow MARS to walk on level terrain. The algorithm is adaptive in that it continously updates based on control inputs. Open Tech developed a similar algorithm, based on a 2D workspace. This simpler algorithm developed resulted in smooth gait generation, with near-instantaneous response to control input. This accomplishment demonstrated the feasibility of implementing a more sophisticated algorithm, allowing for inputs of all six DOF: x and y velocity, z velocity or walking height, yaw, pitch and roll. This latter algorithm uses a 3D workspace developed to aord near-maximum step length. The workspace analysis and walking algorithm development in this thesis can be applied to the further advancement of walking gait generation algorithms.Master of Science
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Howe, Stephen P. "Exploring the Kinematics and Performance of Routine Maneuvers Using Live Fish and Robotic Models." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1595875843391269.
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Peterson, Trent R. "Design and Implementation of Stewart Platform Robot for Robotics Course Laboratory." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2020. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/2124.
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A Stewart Platform robot was designed, constructed, and programmed for use in Cal Poly’s ME 423 Robotics: Fundamentals and Applications laboratory section. A Stewart Platform is a parallel manipulator robot with six prismatic joints that has six degrees of freedom, able to be defined in both position and orientation. Its purpose is to supplement parallel robot material covered in lecture. Learning objectives include applying and verifying the Stewart Platform inverse kinematics and investigating the Stewart Platform’s operation, range of motion, and limitations. The Stewart Platform geometry and inverse kinematics were modeled and animated using MATLAB. The platform was then built using linear actuators, magnetic spherical bearings, and acrylic plates. Control of the Stewart Platform is achieved using an Arduino Due and a custom HexaMoto shield. Users interact with the system using a GUI created with MATLAB’s App Designer.
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Menychtas, Dimitrios. "Human Body Motions Optimization for Able-Bodied Individuals and Prosthesis Users During Activities of Daily Living Using a Personalized Robot-Human Model." Scholar Commons, 2018. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7547.
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Current clinical practice regarding upper body prosthesis prescription and training is lacking a standarized, quantitative method to evaluate the impact of the prosthetic device. The amputee care team typically uses prior experiences to provide prescription and training customized for each individual. As a result, it is quite challenging to determine the right type and fit of a prosthesis and provide appropriate training to properly utilize it early in the process. It is also very difficult to anticipate expected and undesired compensatory motions due to reduced degrees of freedom of a prosthesis user. In an effort to address this, a tool was developed to predict and visualize the expected upper limb movements from a prescribed prosthesis and its suitability to the needs of the amputee. It is expected to help clinicians make decisions such as choosing between a body-powered or a myoelectric prosthesis, and whether to include a wrist joint.
To generate the motions, a robotics-based model of the upper limbs and torso was created and a weighted least-norm (WLN) inverse kinematics algorithm was used. The WLN assigns a penalty (i.e. the weight) on each joint to create a priority between redundant joints. As a result, certain joints will contribute more to the total motion. Two main criteria were hypothesized to dictate the human motion. The first one was a joint prioritization criterion using a static weighting matrix. Since different joints can be used to move the hand in the same direction, joint priority will select between equivalent joints. The second criterion was to select a range of motion (ROM) for each joint specifically for a task. The assumption was that if the joints' ROM is limited, then all the unnatural postures that still satisfy the task will be excluded from the available solutions solutions. Three sets of static joint prioritization weights were investigated: a set of optimized weights specifically for each task, a general set of static weights optimized for all tasks, and a set of joint absolute average velocity-based weights. Additionally, task joint limits were applied both independently and in conjunction with the static weights to assess the simulated motions they can produce. Using a generalized weighted inverse control scheme to resolve for redundancy, a human-like posture for each specific individual was created.
Motion capture (MoCap) data were utilized to generate the weighting matrices required to resolve the kinematic redundancy of the upper limbs. Fourteen able-bodied individuals and eight prosthesis users with a transradial amputation on the left side participated in MoCap sessions. They performed ROM and activities of daily living (ADL) tasks. The methods proposed here incorporate patient's anthropometrics, such as height, limb lengths, and degree of amputation, to create an upper body kinematic model. The model has 23 degrees-of-freedom (DoFs) to reflect a human upper body and it can be adjusted to reflect levels of amputation.
The weighting factors resulted from this process showed how joints are prioritized during each task. The physical meaning of the weighting factors is to demonstrate which joints contribute more to the task. Since the motion is distributed differently between able-bodied individuals and prosthesis users, the weighting factors will shift accordingly. This shift highlights the compensatory motion that exist on prosthesis users.
The results show that using a set of optimized joint prioritization weights for each specific task gave the least RMS error compared to common optimized weights. The velocity-based weights had a slightly higher RMS error than the task optimized weights but it was not statistically significant. The biggest benefit of that weight set is their simplicity to implement compared to the optimized weights. Another benefit of the velocity based weights is that they can explicitly show how mobile each joint is during a task and they can be used alongside the ROM to identify compensatory motion. The inclusion of task joint limits gave lower RMS error when the joint movements were similar across subjects and therefore the ROM of each joint for the task could be established more accurately. When the joint movements were too different among participants, the inclusion of task limits was detrimental to the simulation. Therefore, the static set of task specific optimized weights was found to be the most accurate and robust method. However, the velocity-based weights method was simpler with similar accuracy.
The methods presented here were integrated in a previously developed graphical user interface (GUI) to allow the clinician to input the data of the prospective prosthesis users. The simulated motions can be presented as an animation that performs the requested task. Ultimately, the final animation can be used as a proposed kinematic strategy that a prosthesis user and a clinician can refer to, during the rehabilitation process as a guideline. This work has the potential to impact current prosthesis prescription and training by providing personalized proposed motions for a task.
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Alkhulayfi, Khalid Abdullah. "Vision-Based Motion for a Humanoid Robot." PDXScholar, 2016. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3176.
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The overall objective of this thesis is to build an integrated, inexpensive, human-sized humanoid robot from scratch that looks and behaves like a human. More specifically, my goal is to build an android robot called Marie Curie robot that can act like a human actor in the Portland Cyber Theater in the play Quantum Debate with a known script of every robot behavior. In order to achieve this goal, the humanoid robot need to has degrees of freedom (DOF) similar to human DOFs. Each part of the Curie robot was built to achieve the goal of building a complete humanoid robot. The important additional constraints of this project were: 1) to build the robot from available components, 2) to minimize costs, and 3) to be simple enough that the design can be replicated by non-experts, so they can create robot theaters worldwide. Furthermore, the robot appears lifelike because it executes two main behaviors like a human being. The first behavior is tracking where the humanoid robot uses a tracking algorithm to follow a human being. In other words, the tracking algorithm allows the robot to control its neck using the information taken from the vision system to look at the nearest human face. In addition, the robot uses the same vision system to track labeled objects. The second behavior is grasping where the inverse kinematics (IK) is calculated so the robot can move its hand to a specific coordinate in the surrounding space. IK gives the robot the ability to move its end-effector (hand) closer to how humans move their hands.
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Alhusin, Alkhdur Abdullah. "Toward a Sustainable Human-Robot Collaborative Production Environment." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Industriell produktion, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-202388.
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This PhD study aimed to address the sustainability issues of the robotic systems from the environmental and social aspects. During the research, three approaches were developed: the first one an online programming-free model-driven system that utilises web-based distributed human-robot collaboration architecture to perform distant assembly operations. It uses a robot-mounted camera to capture the silhouettes of the components from different angles. Then the system analyses those silhouettes and constructs the corresponding 3D models.Using the 3D models together with the model of a robotic assembly cell, the system guides a distant human operator to assemble the real components in the actual robotic cell. To satisfy the safety aspect of the human-robot collaboration, a second approach has been developed for effective online collision avoidance in an augmented environment, where virtual three-dimensional (3D) models of robots and real images of human operators from depth cameras are used for monitoring and collision detection. A prototype system is developed and linked to industrial robot controllers for adaptive robot control, without the need of programming by the operators. The result of collision detection reveals four safety strategies: the system can alert an operator, stop a robot, move away the robot, or modify the robot’s trajectory away from an approaching operator. These strategies can be activated based on the operator’s location with respect to the robot. The case study of the research further discusses the possibility of implementing the developed method in realistic applications, for example, collaboration between robots and humans in an assembly line.To tackle the energy aspect of the sustainability for the human-robot production environment, a third approach has been developed which aims to minimise the robot energy consumption during assembly. Given a trajectory and based on the inverse kinematics and dynamics of a robot, a set of attainable configurations for the robot can be determined, perused by calculating the suitable forces and torques on the joints and links of the robot. The energy consumption is then calculated for each configuration and based on the assigned trajectory. The ones with the lowest energy consumption are selected.QC 20170223
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Sayginer, Ege. "Modelling The Effects Of Half Circular Compliant Legs On The Kinematics And Dynamics Of A Legged Robot." Master's thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612071/index.pdf.
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RHex is an autonomous hexapedal robot capable of locomotion on rough terrain. Up
to now, most modelling and simulation efforts on RHex were based on the linear leg
assumption. These models disregarded what might be seen as the most characteristic
feature of the latest iterations of this robot: the half circular legs. This thesis
focuses on developing a more realistic model for this specially shaped compliant leg
and studying its effects on the kinematics and dynamics of the resulting platform.
One important consequence of the half circular compliant leg is the resulting rolling
motion. Due to rolling, the rest length of the leg changes and the leg-ground contact
point moves. Another consequence is the varying stiffness of the legs due to the
changing rest length. These effect the resulting behaviour of any platform using these
legs. In the first part of the thesis we are studying the effects of the half circular
leg morphology on the kinematics of RHex using a simple planar model. The rest
of the studies within the scope of this thesis focuses on the effect of the half circular
compliant legs on the dynamics of a single legged hopping platform with a point mass.
The formulation derived in this work is successfully integrated in a readily working
but rather simple model of a single legged hopping system. We replace the equations
of the straight leg in this model by the equations of the half circular compliant leg.
Realistic results are obtained in the simulations and these results are compared to
those obtained by the simpler constant stiffness straight leg model. This more realistic
leg model brings us the opportunity to further study the effects of this leg morphology,
in particular the positive effects of the resulting rolling motion on platform stability.
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Bini, Cosimo. "A pick-and-place robot for coffee capsules: virtualization and trajectory design." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2020.
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Even if Virtual Commissioning is not widely spread among industries yet, it offers plenty of advantages for the manufacturing of productive plants, that consist of reduced commissioning time, optimization of the code, better synergy between mechanical and software design. However, due to the cost of the requested investments, only big firms employ it in their production processes. This work aims at providing an example of how Virtual Commissioning can be applied to an automatic machine and how it can be used to improve the kinematic behaviour of two degrees of freedom manipulator, that moves coffee capsules into carton boxes. In particular, the simulations deal with the modifications of the parameters of the current trajectory and the test of a different kind of path for the robot, paying attention to collisions with the other parts of the machine.
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Xu, Xingsheng. "Design and Construction of 9-DOF Hyper-Redundant Robotic Arm." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1386116629.
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Shipei, Tian. "A Multi Axis Real Time Control From PLC With ROS." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1512697537178262.
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