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Kinematic Control and Obstacle Avoidance for Soft Inflatable Manipulator

Ataka, A; Stilli, A; Konstantinova, J; Wurdemann, HA; Althoefer, K; (2019) Kinematic Control and Obstacle Avoidance for Soft Inflatable Manipulator. In: Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems. (pp. pp. 52-64). Springer: Cham, Switzerland. Green open access

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Abstract

In this paper, we present a kinematic control and obstacle avoidance for the soft inflatable manipulator which combines pressure and tendons as an actuating mechanism. The position control and obstacle avoidance took inspiration from the phenomena of a magnetic field in nature. The redundancy in the manipulator combined with a planar mobile base is exploited to help the actuators stay under their maximum capability. The navigation algorithm is shown to outperform the potential-field-based navigation in its ability to smoothly and reactively avoid obstacles and reach the goal in simulation scenarios.

Type: Proceedings paper
Title: Kinematic Control and Obstacle Avoidance for Soft Inflatable Manipulator
Event: TAROS 2019
ISBN-13: 9783030238063
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-23807-0_5
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23807-0_5
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Kinematic control, Obstacle avoidance, Soft manipulator, Bio-inspired robot
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Mechanical Engineering
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Med Phys and Biomedical Eng
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10080151
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