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Auteurs principaux: Mitchell, Alexander L., Flatscher, Tobit, Posner, Ingmar
Format: Preprint
Publié: 2025
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Accès en ligne:https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.21159
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author Mitchell, Alexander L.
Flatscher, Tobit
Posner, Ingmar
author_facet Mitchell, Alexander L.
Flatscher, Tobit
Posner, Ingmar
contents Robots that interact with humans or perform delicate manipulation tasks must exhibit compliance. However, most commercial manipulators are rigid and suffer from significant friction, limiting end-effector tracking accuracy in torque-controlled modes. To address this, we present a real-time, open-source impedance controller that smoothly interpolates between joint-space and task-space compliance. This hybrid approach ensures safe interaction and precise task execution, such as sub-centimetre pin insertions. We deploy our controller on Frank, a dual-arm platform with two Kinova Gen3 arms, and compensate for modelled friction dynamics using a model-free observer. The system is real-time capable and integrates with standard ROS tools like MoveIt!. It also supports high-frequency trajectory streaming, enabling closed-loop execution of trajectories generated by learning-based methods, optimal control, or teleoperation. Our results demonstrate robust tracking and compliant behaviour even under high-friction conditions. The complete system is available open-source at https://github.com/applied-ai-lab/compliant_controllers.
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spellingShingle Task and Joint Space Dual-Arm Compliant Control
Mitchell, Alexander L.
Flatscher, Tobit
Posner, Ingmar
Robotics
Robots that interact with humans or perform delicate manipulation tasks must exhibit compliance. However, most commercial manipulators are rigid and suffer from significant friction, limiting end-effector tracking accuracy in torque-controlled modes. To address this, we present a real-time, open-source impedance controller that smoothly interpolates between joint-space and task-space compliance. This hybrid approach ensures safe interaction and precise task execution, such as sub-centimetre pin insertions. We deploy our controller on Frank, a dual-arm platform with two Kinova Gen3 arms, and compensate for modelled friction dynamics using a model-free observer. The system is real-time capable and integrates with standard ROS tools like MoveIt!. It also supports high-frequency trajectory streaming, enabling closed-loop execution of trajectories generated by learning-based methods, optimal control, or teleoperation. Our results demonstrate robust tracking and compliant behaviour even under high-friction conditions. The complete system is available open-source at https://github.com/applied-ai-lab/compliant_controllers.
title Task and Joint Space Dual-Arm Compliant Control
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.21159