General,high-precision theoretical modeling method is not well developed in the field of soft robotics,which holds back motion control and practical application of soft robots.The concept of modularization brings nove...General,high-precision theoretical modeling method is not well developed in the field of soft robotics,which holds back motion control and practical application of soft robots.The concept of modularization brings novel structure,novel locomotion patterns as well as novel control method for soft robots.This paper presents the concept of hierarchical control method for modular soft robot system and a H-configuration pneumatic modular soft robot is designed as the control object.The H-configuration modular soft robot is composed of two basic motion units that take worm-like locomotion principle.The locomotion principle of the basic motion unit is analyzed and the actuation sequence is optimized by evolution strategy in VOXCAD simulation software.The differential drive method is applied to the H-configuration modular soft robot with multi motion modes and vision sensor is used to control the motion mode of the robot.The H-configuration modular soft robot and the basic motion unit are assembled by a cubic soft module made of silicone rubber.Also,connection mechanism is designed to ensure that the soft modules can be assembled in any direction and posture.Experiments are conducted to verify the effect of the hierarchical control method of the modular soft robots.展开更多
In this paper, we present a vision guided robotic ball-beam balancing control system, consisting of a robot manipulator (actuator), a ball-beam system (plant) and a machine vision system (feedback). The machine vision...In this paper, we present a vision guided robotic ball-beam balancing control system, consisting of a robot manipulator (actuator), a ball-beam system (plant) and a machine vision system (feedback). The machine vision system feedbacks real-time beam angle and ball position data at a speed of 50 frames per second. Based on feedback data, the end-effector of a robot manipulator is driven to control the ball position by maneuvering of the inclination angle of the ball-beam system. The overall control system is implemented with two FPGA chips, one for machine vision processing, and one for robot joints servo PID controllers as well as ball position PD controller. Experiments are performed on a 5-axes robot manipulator to validate the proposed ball beam balancing control system.展开更多
针对柔性结构振动测试及控制问题,提出采用机器视觉测量结构振动并进行反馈控制的方法。为保证闭环控制系统的实时性,需要解决视觉图像处理数据量大、处理耗时长的问题。采取运动跟踪方法选择图像感兴趣区域(re-gion of interest,简称R...针对柔性结构振动测试及控制问题,提出采用机器视觉测量结构振动并进行反馈控制的方法。为保证闭环控制系统的实时性,需要解决视觉图像处理数据量大、处理耗时长的问题。采取运动跟踪方法选择图像感兴趣区域(re-gion of interest,简称ROI)以减少数据处理量,并采用快速中值滤波算法提高图像处理速度。为了提高处理精度、保证处理结果的准确性,试验比较了3种微分边缘检测算子,采用Roberts算子和极值法提取图像中柔性结构末端边缘信息,并利用Hough直线变换方法进行修正。基于末端中心振动的信息反馈进行柔性梁结构振动控制理论分析和试验研究。结果表明,所采用的图像处理方法满足精度和实时性的要求,并验证了基于视觉反馈振动控制的可行性。展开更多
基金This work is supported by National Outstanding Youth Science Fund Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant no.52025054)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant no.U1713201).
文摘General,high-precision theoretical modeling method is not well developed in the field of soft robotics,which holds back motion control and practical application of soft robots.The concept of modularization brings novel structure,novel locomotion patterns as well as novel control method for soft robots.This paper presents the concept of hierarchical control method for modular soft robot system and a H-configuration pneumatic modular soft robot is designed as the control object.The H-configuration modular soft robot is composed of two basic motion units that take worm-like locomotion principle.The locomotion principle of the basic motion unit is analyzed and the actuation sequence is optimized by evolution strategy in VOXCAD simulation software.The differential drive method is applied to the H-configuration modular soft robot with multi motion modes and vision sensor is used to control the motion mode of the robot.The H-configuration modular soft robot and the basic motion unit are assembled by a cubic soft module made of silicone rubber.Also,connection mechanism is designed to ensure that the soft modules can be assembled in any direction and posture.Experiments are conducted to verify the effect of the hierarchical control method of the modular soft robots.
文摘In this paper, we present a vision guided robotic ball-beam balancing control system, consisting of a robot manipulator (actuator), a ball-beam system (plant) and a machine vision system (feedback). The machine vision system feedbacks real-time beam angle and ball position data at a speed of 50 frames per second. Based on feedback data, the end-effector of a robot manipulator is driven to control the ball position by maneuvering of the inclination angle of the ball-beam system. The overall control system is implemented with two FPGA chips, one for machine vision processing, and one for robot joints servo PID controllers as well as ball position PD controller. Experiments are performed on a 5-axes robot manipulator to validate the proposed ball beam balancing control system.
文摘针对柔性结构振动测试及控制问题,提出采用机器视觉测量结构振动并进行反馈控制的方法。为保证闭环控制系统的实时性,需要解决视觉图像处理数据量大、处理耗时长的问题。采取运动跟踪方法选择图像感兴趣区域(re-gion of interest,简称ROI)以减少数据处理量,并采用快速中值滤波算法提高图像处理速度。为了提高处理精度、保证处理结果的准确性,试验比较了3种微分边缘检测算子,采用Roberts算子和极值法提取图像中柔性结构末端边缘信息,并利用Hough直线变换方法进行修正。基于末端中心振动的信息反馈进行柔性梁结构振动控制理论分析和试验研究。结果表明,所采用的图像处理方法满足精度和实时性的要求,并验证了基于视觉反馈振动控制的可行性。
