A Robot Architecture for Outdoor Competitions

Oliveira, Rodrigo W. S. M. de; Bauchspiess, Ricardo; Porto, Leticia Helena Silva; Brito, Camila; Figueredo, Luis Felipe da Cruz; Borges, Geovany A.; Ramos, Guilherme

doi:10.1007/s10846-019-01140-9

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“…Our method can be used independently in unstructured environments or to complement other motion caption methods. Considering these conditions, this approach could be more attractive in several other applications, as it has recently been reported in [1], [29]- [32].…”

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An Approach to Acquire Path-Following Skills by Industrial Robots From Human Demonstration

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Industrial robots have mainly been programmed by operators using teach pendants in a pointto-point scheme with limited sensing capabilities. New developments in robotics have attracted a lot of attention to robot motor skill learning via human interaction using Learning from Demonstration (LfD) techniques. Robot skill acquisition using LfD techniques is characterised by a high-level stage in charge of learning connected actions and a low-level stage concerned with motor coordination and reproduction of an observed path. In this paper, we present an approach to acquire a path-following skill by a robot in the low-level stage which deals with the correspondence of mapping links and joints from a human operator to a robot so that the robot can actually follow a path. We present the design of an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) device that is primarily used as an input to acquire the robot skill. The approach is validated using a motion capture system as ground truth to assess the spatial deviation from the human-taught path to the robot's final trajectory.

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An Approach to Acquire Path-Following Skills by Industrial Robots From Human Demonstration

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“…A famous competition related to this theme is RoboCup@Home, which started in 2006 as a new league of the RoboCup competition, which includes many other leagues [ 6 ]. The autonomous navigation of mobile robots also contributes to applications like autonomous cars [ 7 ].…”

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Systematic Mapping Literature Review of Mobile Robotics Competitions

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This paper presents a systematic mapping literature review about the mobile robotics competitions that took place over the last few decades in order to obtain an overview of the main objectives, target public, challenges, technologies used and final application area to show how these competitions have been contributing to education. In the review we found 673 papers from 5 different databases and at the end of the process, 75 papers were classified to extract all the relevant information using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) method. More than 50 mobile robotics competitions were found and it was possible to analyze most of the competitions in detail in order to answer the research questions, finding the main goals, target public, challenges, technologies and application area, mainly in education.

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“…With the rise in remote work and distributed teams, telepresence robots offer a way for remote workers to feel more connected to their colleagues and workplace. For example, a telepresence robot can allow remote workers to attend meetings and interact with coworkers as if they were physically in the office [14][15][16][17][18][19]. Telepresence robots are also increasingly being used in healthcare settings.…”

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Orientation Control Design of a Telepresence Robot: An Experimental Verification in Healthcare System

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Automation in the modern world has become a necessity for humans. Intelligent mobile robots have become necessary to perform various complex tasks in healthcare and industry environments. Mobile robots have gained attention during the pandemic; human–robot interaction has become vibrant. However, there are many challenges in obtaining human–robot interactions regarding maneuverability, controllability, stability, drive layout and autonomy. In this paper, we proposed a stability and control design for a telepresence robot called auto-MERLIN. The proposed design simulated and experimentally verified self-localization and maneuverability in a hazardous environment. A model from Rieckert and Schunck was initially considered to design the control system parameters. The system identification approach was then used to derive the mathematical relationship between the manipulated variable of robot orientation control. The theoretical model of the robot mechanics and associated control were developed. A design model was successfully implemented, analyzed mathematically, used to build the hardware and tested experimentally. Each level takes on excellent tasks for the development of auto-MERLIN. A higher level always uses the services of lower levels to carry out its functions. The proposed approach is comparatively simple, less expensive and easily deployable compared to previous methods. The experimental results showed that the robot is functionally complete in all aspects. A test drive was performed over a given path to evaluate the hardware, and the results were presented. Simulation and experimental results showed that the target path is maintained quite well.

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A Robot Architecture for Outdoor Competitions

Cited by 7 publications

References 36 publications

An Approach to Acquire Path-Following Skills by Industrial Robots From Human Demonstration

An Approach to Acquire Path-Following Skills by Industrial Robots From Human Demonstration

Systematic Mapping Literature Review of Mobile Robotics Competitions

Orientation Control Design of a Telepresence Robot: An Experimental Verification in Healthcare System

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