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Human-In-The-Loop Industrial Robot Control by 3DOF Haptic Device

Publication Type : Conference Proceedings

Thematic Areas : Humanitarian-Robotics-HCI

Publisher : International conference on Advancements in Automation robotics & sensing.

Source : International conference on Advancements in Automation robotics & sensing. (ICAARs 16) . Springer, 2016.

Campus : Amritapuri

School : Center for Gender Equality and Women Empowerment, Department of Social Work, School of Engineering

Center : Ammachi labs, Center for Gender Equality and Women Empowerment

Department : Social Work

Year : 2016

Abstract : In this paper we propose a human-in-the-loop approach for teaching robots how to solve part assembly tasks. In the proposed setup the human tutor controls the robot through a haptic interface and a hand-held impedance control interface. The impedance control interface is based on a linear spring-return potentiometer that maps the button position to the robot arm stiffness. This setup allows the tutor to modulate the robot compliance based on the given task requirements. The demonstrated motion and stiffness trajectories are encoded using Dynamical Movement Primitives and learnt using Locally Weight Regression. To validate the proposed approach we performed experiments using Kuka Light Weight Robot and HapticMaster robot. The task of the experiment was to teach the robot how to perform an assembly task involving sliding a bolt fitting inside a groove in order to mount two parts together. Different stiffness was required in different stages of the task execution to accommodate the interaction of the robot with the environment and possible human-robot cooperation.

Cite this Research Publication : K. Gokulnath, Jose, J., and Rao R. Bhavani, “Human-In-The-Loop Industrial Robot Control by 3DOF Haptic Device”, International conference on Advancements in Automation robotics & sensing. (ICAARs 16) . Springer, 2016.

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