Title :
An ultra-multi link manipulator
Author :
Kobayashi, H. ; Shimemura, E. ; Suzuki, K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., HOSEI Univ., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
Describes a distributed autonomous control for an ultra-multi plane manipulator. Each controller independently determines the way how to move each link. The necessary information for the controller is the target position, the position of the end-effector and the position of the link. Each controller has the same control law and common information on the target position and the end-effector position. Thus, the authors call it `distributed autonomous´. The proposed control architecture has two main advantages: (1) robustness, even if several number of links are out of order, the total system will still work normally; and (2) obstacle avoidance, if the obstacle satisfies some conditions, the robotic manipulator will avoid it automatically
Keywords :
distributed control; position control; robots; distributed autonomous control; obstacle avoidance; position control; robots; robustness; ultra multiple link manipulators; Automatic control; Distributed control; Equations; Manipulators; Orbital robotics; Out of order; Robotics and automation; Robots; Robustness; Transportation;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Robots and Systems '91. 'Intelligence for Mechanical Systems, Proceedings IROS '91. IEEE/RSJ International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Osaka
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0067-X
DOI :
10.1109/IROS.1991.174445