Title :
A family of robot control strategies for intermittent dynamical environments
Author :
Buhler, Martin ; Koditschek, Dan E. ; Kindlmann, Peter J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Yale Univ., New Haven, CT, USA
Abstract :
A formalism is developed for describing and analyzing a very simple representative class of robotic tasks that require dynamical dexterity-among them, the task of juggling. The authors review their empirical success to date with a new class of control algorithms for this task domain, called mirror algorithms. The formalism for representing the task domain and encoding within it the desired robot behavior enables them to prove that a suitable mirror algorithm is correct with respect to a specified task.<>
Keywords :
control system analysis; encoding; robots; dynamical dexterity; encoding; mirror algorithms; robot control strategies; task domain; Communication system control; Control systems; Encoding; Extraterrestrial measurements; Mathematical model; Mirrors; Orbital robotics; Physics; Robot control; Solid modeling;
Journal_Title :
Control Systems Magazine, IEEE
