Publications
2006
I Iossifidis; G Schöner
Reaching with a redundant anthropomorphic robot arm using attractor dynamics Incollection
In: VDI Berichte, no. 1956, 2006, ISSN: 00835560.
Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: dynamical systems, Kinematics, Motion planning, Redundant manipulator
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title = {Reaching with a redundant anthropomorphic robot arm using attractor dynamics},
author = {I Iossifidis and G Schöner},
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year = {2006},
date = {2006-01-01},
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abstract = {The attractor dynamics approach has been extended to generate goal directed movement of a redundant, anthropomorphic arm while avoiding dynamic obstacles and respecting joint limits. A straight-line trajectory has been generated to make the robot's movement human like, using two heading direction angles of the tool-point which is quite analogous to the movement represented in the primate central nervous system. Two additional angles control the tool's spatial orientation so that it follows the tool-point's collision-free path. The attractor dynamics approach to trajectory formation is generalized to the control of the motion of a redundant robot arm by applying a task decomposition, comprising endeffector, wrist and elbow motion. This new approach, implemented on the autonomous robotic assistant Cora, enables collision free movement in a considerably wide set of obstacles and target geometries.},
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The attractor dynamics approach has been extended to generate goal directed movement of a redundant, anthropomorphic arm while avoiding dynamic obstacles and respecting joint limits. A straight-line trajectory has been generated to make the robot's movement human like, using two heading direction angles of the tool-point which is quite analogous to the movement represented in the primate central nervous system. Two additional angles control the tool's spatial orientation so that it follows the tool-point's collision-free path. The attractor dynamics approach to trajectory formation is generalized to the control of the motion of a redundant robot arm by applying a task decomposition, comprising endeffector, wrist and elbow motion. This new approach, implemented on the autonomous robotic assistant Cora, enables collision free movement in a considerably wide set of obstacles and target geometries.