Modeling and Control of Intrinsically Elasticity Coupled Soft-Rigid Robots

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Autori principali: Patterson, Zach J., Della Santina, Cosimo, Rus, Daniela
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author Patterson, Zach J.
Della Santina, Cosimo
Rus, Daniela
author_facet Patterson, Zach J.
Della Santina, Cosimo
Rus, Daniela
contents While much work has been done recently in the realm of model-based control of soft robots and soft-rigid hybrids, most works examine robots that have an inherently serial structure. While these systems have been prevalent in the literature, there is an increasing trend toward designing soft-rigid hybrids with intrinsically coupled elasticity between various degrees of freedom. In this work, we seek to address the issues of modeling and controlling such structures, particularly when underactuated. We introduce several simple models for elastic coupling, typical of those seen in these systems. We then propose a controller that compensates for the elasticity, and we prove its stability with Lyapunov methods without relying on the elastic dominance assumption. This controller is applicable to the general class of underactuated soft robots. After evaluating the controller in simulated cases, we then develop a simple hardware platform to evaluate both the models and the controller. Finally, using the hardware, we demonstrate a novel use case for underactuated, elastically coupled systems in "sensorless" force control.
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spellingShingle Modeling and Control of Intrinsically Elasticity Coupled Soft-Rigid Robots
Patterson, Zach J.
Della Santina, Cosimo
Rus, Daniela
Robotics
While much work has been done recently in the realm of model-based control of soft robots and soft-rigid hybrids, most works examine robots that have an inherently serial structure. While these systems have been prevalent in the literature, there is an increasing trend toward designing soft-rigid hybrids with intrinsically coupled elasticity between various degrees of freedom. In this work, we seek to address the issues of modeling and controlling such structures, particularly when underactuated. We introduce several simple models for elastic coupling, typical of those seen in these systems. We then propose a controller that compensates for the elasticity, and we prove its stability with Lyapunov methods without relying on the elastic dominance assumption. This controller is applicable to the general class of underactuated soft robots. After evaluating the controller in simulated cases, we then develop a simple hardware platform to evaluate both the models and the controller. Finally, using the hardware, we demonstrate a novel use case for underactuated, elastically coupled systems in "sensorless" force control.
title Modeling and Control of Intrinsically Elasticity Coupled Soft-Rigid Robots
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.05362