DocumentCode :
1775858
Title :
Limb-vector paralleling: A general approach to translate postures from human to humanoid robots
Author :
Zhuo-Li Bao ; Shih-Lin Chen ; Chi-Chang Tung ; Tara, Rayi Yanu ; Fabroyir, Hadziq ; Wei-Chung Teng
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Inf. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Taipei, Taiwan
fYear :
2014
fDate :
6-8 June 2014
Firstpage :
51
Lastpage :
55
Abstract :
Developing intuitive interface to control humanoid robots with high degrees-of-freedom (DOF) in real-time remains as an essential issue. Since most humanoid robots have at least sixteen DOF, achieving real-time performance in controlling humanoid robot posture is hard to accomplish. This paper proposes a method to calculate joint angles of humanoid robots according to human´s joint locations tracked by a motion capture system. The objective is to make the humanoid robot imitating human posture in real-time. Our proposed method requires a human motion capture system that could provide at least thirteen 3D joint positions: a pair of arm (shoulder, elbow, hand), a pair of leg (hip, knee, ankle), and a torso. Every joint that interconnects two limbs has to have two DOF. Our proposed method is implemented on RoboBuilder humanoid robot. The experimental results show that the robot can imitate human posture in real-time correctly. Moreover, the results verify that the proposed method is applicable to different type of humanoid robots using WeBots simulation software.
Keywords :
human-robot interaction; humanoid robots; motion control; RoboBuilder humanoid robot; WeBots simulation software; human joint location tracking; human motion capture system; human-humanoid robot posture translation; humanoid robot posture control; limb-vector paralleling; Conferences; Humanoid robots; Joints; Kinematics; Real-time systems; Vectors;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ARIS), 2014 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Taipei
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ARIS.2014.6871491
Filename :
6871491
Link To Document :
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