Fractal impedance for passive controllers: a framework for interaction robotics

Keyhan Kouhkiloui Babarahmati, Carlo Tiseo, Joshua Smith, Hsiu-Chin Lin, Mustafa Suphi Erden, Michael Mistry

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Abstract

There is increasing interest in control frameworks capable of moving robots from industrial cages to unstructured environments and coexisting with humans. Despite significant improvement in some specific applications (e.g., medical robotics), there is still the need for a general control framework that improves interaction robustness and motion dynamics. Passive controllers show promising results in this direction; however, they often rely on virtual energy tanks that can guarantee passivity as long as they do not run out of energy. In this paper, a Fractal Attractor is proposed to implement a variable impedance controller that can retain passivity without relying on energy tanks. The controller generates a Fractal Attractor around the desired state using an asymptotic stable potential field, making the controller robust to discretization and numerical integration errors. The results prove that it can accurately track both trajectories and end-effector forces during interaction. Therefore, these properties make the controller ideal for applications requiring robust dynamic interaction at the end-effector.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2517-2533
Number of pages17
JournalNonlinear Dynamics
Volume110
Issue number3
Early online date25 Aug 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2022

Keywords

  • Compliant control
  • Impedance control
  • Passive control
  • Robotic arms

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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