State Estimation for Continuum Multi-Robot Systems on SE(3)

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Autori principali: Lilge, Sven, Barfoot, Timothy D., Burgner-Kahrs, Jessica
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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author Lilge, Sven
Barfoot, Timothy D.
Burgner-Kahrs, Jessica
author_facet Lilge, Sven
Barfoot, Timothy D.
Burgner-Kahrs, Jessica
contents In contrast to conventional robots, accurately modeling the kinematics and statics of continuum robots is challenging due to partially unknown material properties, parasitic effects, or unknown forces acting on the continuous body. Consequentially, state estimation approaches that utilize additional sensor information to predict the shape of continuum robots have garnered significant interest. This paper presents a novel approach to state estimation for systems with multiple coupled continuum robots, which allows estimating the shape and strain variables of multiple continuum robots in an arbitrary coupled topology. Simulations and experiments demonstrate the capabilities and versatility of the proposed method, while achieving accurate and continuous estimates for the state of such systems, resulting in average end-effector errors of 3.3 mm and 5.02° depending on the sensor setup. It is further shown, that the approach offers fast computation times of below 10 ms, enabling its utilization in quasi-static real-time scenarios with average update rates of 100-200 Hz. An open-source C++ implementation of the proposed state estimation method is made publicly available to the community.
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spellingShingle State Estimation for Continuum Multi-Robot Systems on SE(3)
Lilge, Sven
Barfoot, Timothy D.
Burgner-Kahrs, Jessica
Robotics
In contrast to conventional robots, accurately modeling the kinematics and statics of continuum robots is challenging due to partially unknown material properties, parasitic effects, or unknown forces acting on the continuous body. Consequentially, state estimation approaches that utilize additional sensor information to predict the shape of continuum robots have garnered significant interest. This paper presents a novel approach to state estimation for systems with multiple coupled continuum robots, which allows estimating the shape and strain variables of multiple continuum robots in an arbitrary coupled topology. Simulations and experiments demonstrate the capabilities and versatility of the proposed method, while achieving accurate and continuous estimates for the state of such systems, resulting in average end-effector errors of 3.3 mm and 5.02° depending on the sensor setup. It is further shown, that the approach offers fast computation times of below 10 ms, enabling its utilization in quasi-static real-time scenarios with average update rates of 100-200 Hz. An open-source C++ implementation of the proposed state estimation method is made publicly available to the community.
title State Estimation for Continuum Multi-Robot Systems on SE(3)
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.13540