Smart Cleaner: A New Autonomous Indoor Disinfection Robot for Combating the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ruan, Kaicheng; Wu, Zehao; Xu, Qingsong

doi:10.3390/robotics10030087

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“…Bilaterally Teleoperated Robot System: The system uses robots, such as manipulators (model: UR5e, from Universal Robots) or a UGV, [67] as the external device. The operator uses the FBD interface to control the robot movement and receive haptic feedback through vibration.…”

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A Flexible Bidirectional Interface with Integrated Multimodal Sensing and Haptic Feedback for Closed‐Loop Human–Machine Interaction

Feng,

Lei,

Wang

et al. 2023

Advanced Intelligent Systems

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Human–machine interaction (HMI) establishes an interconnected bridge between humans and robots and plays a significant role in industry and medical fields. However, the conventional interface is bulky and rigid with a single function. It lacks feedback information to be provided to the user, limiting its application scenarios and the ability to complete complex tasks in a dynamic environment. Herein, a flexible bidirectional (FBD) interface with integrated multimodal sensing and haptic feedback and the development of an FBD‐based closed‐loop HMI platform are presented. The proposed FBD interface offers programmable haptic feedback through a coin vibration motor array to endow the user with better performance in missions. The multimodal sensing array can perceive signals of joint movement and the pressure imposed on the skin. In addition, the FBD interface exhibits significant advantages of flexibility and a compact structure. The experimental tests verify that the multimodal sensing module can accurately perceive various static and dynamic movements of a human. Furthermore, the actuation module can provide diverse haptic vibrations to convey different information to the user. Moreover, successful applications in the scenarios of bilateral robotic teleoperation and assistance of disabled people indicate great potential of the FBD interface for broad applications.

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A Flexible Bidirectional Interface with Integrated Multimodal Sensing and Haptic Feedback for Closed‐Loop Human–Machine Interaction

Feng,

Lei,

Wang

et al. 2023

Advanced Intelligent Systems

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“…Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) technology, first proposed by Smith in 1986 [1], is used in an extensive range of applications, especially in the domain of augmented reality (AR) [2][3][4] and robotics [5][6][7]. The SLAM process aims at mapping an unknown environment and simultaneously locating a sensor system in this environment through the signals provided by the sensor(s).…”

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A Comprehensive Survey of Visual SLAM Algorithms

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Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) techniques are widely researched, since they allow the simultaneous creation of a map and the sensors’ pose estimation in an unknown environment. Visual-based SLAM techniques play a significant role in this field, as they are based on a low-cost and small sensor system, which guarantees those advantages compared to other sensor-based SLAM techniques. The literature presents different approaches and methods to implement visual-based SLAM systems. Among this variety of publications, a beginner in this domain may find problems with identifying and analyzing the main algorithms and selecting the most appropriate one according to his or her project constraints. Therefore, we present the three main visual-based SLAM approaches (visual-only, visual-inertial, and RGB-D SLAM), providing a review of the main algorithms of each approach through diagrams and flowcharts, and highlighting the main advantages and disadvantages of each technique. Furthermore, we propose six criteria that ease the SLAM algorithm’s analysis and consider both the software and hardware levels. In addition, we present some major issues and future directions on visual-SLAM field, and provide a general overview of some of the existing benchmark datasets. This work aims to be the first step for those initiating a SLAM project to have a good perspective of SLAM techniques’ main elements and characteristics.

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“…BRAÑA (2019) aponta que são 12 as principais tecnologias emergentes que transformarão o sistema produtivo globalmente, porém alguns autores consideram que 3 delas são as mais impactantes: Internet das Coisas (IoT), representando a alta conectividade entre dispositivos, otimizando o processo produtivo e agregando valor aos produtos acabados; manufatura aditiva, simplificando as etapas de pesquisa e desenvolvimento até as etapas de produção; e robótica avançada, reduzindo custos de produção e logística permitindo uma automação flexível e customizável (EUROFUND, 2018). Dentro de robótica, um dos campos de mais rápida expansão da pesquisa científica é a robótica móvel, sendo que os robôs móveis podem substituir os humanos em muitos campos, principalmente por motivos de retirar humanos de trabalhos perigosos (VEGA et al, 2021), como é o caso de muitos robôs para desinfecção do COVID-19 (PERMINOV et al, 2021;RUAN;XU, 2021). Os robôs também podem apresentar melhor performance que humanos em certas aplicações (PARK et al, 2014).…”

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Algoritmos de navegação de robôs móveis com tração nas quatro rodas utilizando sistemas de localização absolutos GNSS e RTK

Salarolli¹,

Baptista²,

Oliveira³

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A robótica móvel é uma área em grande crescimento na pesquisa científica e na indústria, devido a sua versatilidade e capacidade de substituir os humanos, especialmente em trabalhos perigosos, e por apresentar melhor desempenho em certas aplicações. Várias delas são em ambientes externos, como em indústrias, aplicações aeroespaciais, petroquímicas, dentre outras. Esse artigo mostra a implementação de um sistema de localização de um robô móvel em ambiente outdoor, utilizando sistema de navegação global por satélite e odometria. Pretende-se, assim, obter uma forma robusta de localização, permitindo uma navegação confiável em diferentes terrenos. Testes foram realizados com a navegação por satélite e a odometria. Percebeu-se que o robô pôde trabalhar bem em ambientes externos capturando corretamente a localização GPS quando comparado com o Google Earth Pro. Com relação a odometria, houve pequenos erros quando o robô se moveu em linha reta, o que aumentou ao se realizar rotações. Isso se deve à característica do funcionamento do robô diferencial 4WD, onde as curvas geram deslizamento das rodas. Além disso, pode‑se demonstrar o bom funcionamento quando feita a fusão dos dados de GNSS, IMU e odometria.

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Smart Cleaner: A New Autonomous Indoor Disinfection Robot for Combating the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cited by 45 publications

References 31 publications

A Flexible Bidirectional Interface with Integrated Multimodal Sensing and Haptic Feedback for Closed‐Loop Human–Machine Interaction

A Flexible Bidirectional Interface with Integrated Multimodal Sensing and Haptic Feedback for Closed‐Loop Human–Machine Interaction

A Comprehensive Survey of Visual SLAM Algorithms

Algoritmos de navegação de robôs móveis com tração nas quatro rodas utilizando sistemas de localização absolutos GNSS e RTK

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