Title :
Cooperative object transportation by multiple humanoid robots
Author :
Wu, Meng-Hung ; Konno, Atsushi ; Uchiyama, Masaru
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Aerosp. Eng., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
Abstract :
This research aims to create a framework of transporting an object by multiple humanoid robots. e.g. In this work, a leader-follower type cooperation method is used. In the leader-follower method, the leader robot is directly operated by a human operator, and the follower robot is programmed to follow the leader robot based on the force sensor information measured on its hands. This force is due to relative displacement of the robots and could induce unstable condition. The force leads to falling down of the robots in the worst case. We propose a system of easing the interactive force while moving in this paper.
Keywords :
displacement measurement; force sensors; human-robot interaction; humanoid robots; mobile robots; multi-robot systems; position control; cooperative object transportation; follower robot; force sensor information; human operator; interactive force; leader robot; leader-follower type cooperation method; multiple humanoid robots; Force; Humanoid robots; Legged locomotion; Robot kinematics; Robot sensing systems; Trajectory;
Conference_Titel :
System Integration (SII), 2011 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1523-5
DOI :
10.1109/SII.2011.6147547