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Main Authors: Mahmud, Al Jaber, Raj, Amir Hossain, Nguyen, Duc M., Li, Weizi, Xiao, Xuesu, Wang, Xuan
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.00514
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author Mahmud, Al Jaber
Raj, Amir Hossain
Nguyen, Duc M.
Li, Weizi
Xiao, Xuesu
Wang, Xuan
author_facet Mahmud, Al Jaber
Raj, Amir Hossain
Nguyen, Duc M.
Li, Weizi
Xiao, Xuesu
Wang, Xuan
contents This paper proposes a new control algorithm for human-robot co-transportation using a robot manipulator equipped with a mobile base and a robotic arm. We integrate the regular Model Predictive Control (MPC) with a novel pose optimization mechanism to more efficiently mitigate disturbances (such as human behavioral uncertainties or robot actuation noise) during the task. The core of our methodology involves a two-step iterative design: At each planning horizon, we determine the optimal pose of the robotic arm (joint angle configuration) from a candidate set, aiming to achieve the lowest estimated control cost. This selection is based on solving a disturbance-aware Discrete Algebraic Ricatti Equation (DARE), which also determines the optimal inputs for the robot's whole body control (including both the mobile base and the robotic arm). To validate the effectiveness of the proposed approach, we provide theoretical derivation for the disturbance-aware DARE and perform simulated experiments and hardware demos using a Fetch robot under varying conditions, including different trajectories and different levels of disturbances. The results reveal that our proposed approach outperforms baseline algorithms.
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spellingShingle Human-Robot Co-Transportation using Disturbance-Aware MPC with Pose Optimization
Mahmud, Al Jaber
Raj, Amir Hossain
Nguyen, Duc M.
Li, Weizi
Xiao, Xuesu
Wang, Xuan
Robotics
This paper proposes a new control algorithm for human-robot co-transportation using a robot manipulator equipped with a mobile base and a robotic arm. We integrate the regular Model Predictive Control (MPC) with a novel pose optimization mechanism to more efficiently mitigate disturbances (such as human behavioral uncertainties or robot actuation noise) during the task. The core of our methodology involves a two-step iterative design: At each planning horizon, we determine the optimal pose of the robotic arm (joint angle configuration) from a candidate set, aiming to achieve the lowest estimated control cost. This selection is based on solving a disturbance-aware Discrete Algebraic Ricatti Equation (DARE), which also determines the optimal inputs for the robot's whole body control (including both the mobile base and the robotic arm). To validate the effectiveness of the proposed approach, we provide theoretical derivation for the disturbance-aware DARE and perform simulated experiments and hardware demos using a Fetch robot under varying conditions, including different trajectories and different levels of disturbances. The results reveal that our proposed approach outperforms baseline algorithms.
title Human-Robot Co-Transportation using Disturbance-Aware MPC with Pose Optimization
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.00514