Design and Control of a 3-Revolute Arm Cobot

11/27/01


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Design and Control of a 3-Revolute Arm Cobot

The Birth of Cobots

A Cobot….

Everyday Constraints

Computerized or Virtual Constraint

Virtual Constraints

Virtual Constraints

Constraints in Assembly

Use a traditional robot?

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Steering creates a Constraint

Unicycle Cobot

The wheel is the transmission.

Two Modes of Operation

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Scooter’s Motion

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Robots Cobots

Desired: Arm-like Cobot

Arm Cobot Design

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CVT

CVTs and Common Wheel

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One Allowed Degree of Freedom

Cobot Control

Free Mode Control

Response to Forces

Steering Velocity for F? ?

Update Steering Angle

Similarly for Arm Cobot

CVT Steering Velocity

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Free Mode Controller

Free Mode

Changing the Virtual Mass

Virtual Mass Effect on Required Force

Virtual Path Mode

Error Contributors

Toward Feedback Control

Control

Virtual Path Controller

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Virtual Surface Mode

Tangent Projected onto Surface

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Future Research Opportunities for Graduate Students

Author: Carl A. Moore