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Main Authors: Lim, Daegyu, Kim, Myeong-Ju, Cha, Junhyeok, Park, Jaeheung
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.11221
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author Lim, Daegyu
Kim, Myeong-Ju
Cha, Junhyeok
Park, Jaeheung
author_facet Lim, Daegyu
Kim, Myeong-Ju
Cha, Junhyeok
Park, Jaeheung
contents Momentum observer (MOB) can estimate external joint torque without requiring additional sensors, such as force/torque or joint torque sensors. However, the estimation performance of MOB deteriorates due to the model uncertainty which encompasses the modeling errors and the joint friction. Moreover, the estimation error is significant when MOB is applied to high-dimensional floating-base humanoids, which prevents the estimated external joint torque from being used for force control or collision detection in the real humanoid robot. In this paper, the pure external joint torque estimation method named MOB-Net, is proposed for humanoids. MOB-Net learns the model uncertainty torque and calibrates the estimated signal of MOB. The external joint torque can be estimated in the generalized coordinate including whole-body and virtual joints of the floating-base robot with only internal sensors (an IMU on the pelvis and encoders in the joints). Our method substantially reduces the estimation errors of MOB, and the robust performance of MOB-Net for the unseen data is validated through extensive simulations, real robot experiments, and ablation studies. Finally, various collision handling scenarios are presented using the estimated external joint torque from MOB-Net: contact wrench feedback control for locomotion, collision detection, and collision reaction for safety.
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spellingShingle MOB-Net: Limb-modularized Uncertainty Torque Learning of Humanoids for Sensorless External Torque Estimation
Lim, Daegyu
Kim, Myeong-Ju
Cha, Junhyeok
Park, Jaeheung
Robotics
Momentum observer (MOB) can estimate external joint torque without requiring additional sensors, such as force/torque or joint torque sensors. However, the estimation performance of MOB deteriorates due to the model uncertainty which encompasses the modeling errors and the joint friction. Moreover, the estimation error is significant when MOB is applied to high-dimensional floating-base humanoids, which prevents the estimated external joint torque from being used for force control or collision detection in the real humanoid robot. In this paper, the pure external joint torque estimation method named MOB-Net, is proposed for humanoids. MOB-Net learns the model uncertainty torque and calibrates the estimated signal of MOB. The external joint torque can be estimated in the generalized coordinate including whole-body and virtual joints of the floating-base robot with only internal sensors (an IMU on the pelvis and encoders in the joints). Our method substantially reduces the estimation errors of MOB, and the robust performance of MOB-Net for the unseen data is validated through extensive simulations, real robot experiments, and ablation studies. Finally, various collision handling scenarios are presented using the estimated external joint torque from MOB-Net: contact wrench feedback control for locomotion, collision detection, and collision reaction for safety.
title MOB-Net: Limb-modularized Uncertainty Torque Learning of Humanoids for Sensorless External Torque Estimation
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.11221