基于模糊神经网络的六足机器人自主导航闭环控制系统设计

针对未知环境中六足机器人的自主导航问题,设计了一种基于模糊神经网络的自主导航闭环控制算法,并依据该算法设计了六足机器人的导航控制系统．算法融合了模糊控制的逻辑推理能力与神经网络的学习训练能力,并引入闭环控制方法对算法进行优化．所设计的控制系统由信息输入、模糊神经网络、指令执行以及信息反馈4个模块组成．环境及位置信息的感知由GPS（全球定位系统）传感器、电子罗盘传感器和超声波传感器共同完成．采用C语言重建模糊神经网络控制算法,并应用于该系统．通过仿真实验,从理论上论证了基于模糊神经网络的闭环控制算法性能优于开环控制算法,闭环控制算法能够减小六足机器人在遇到障碍物时所绕行的距离,行进速度提高了6.14%,行进时间缩短了8.74%．在此基础上,开展了实物试验．试验结果表明,该控制系统能够实现六足机器人自主导航避障控制功能,相对于开环控制系统,能有效地缩短行进路径,行进速度提高了5.66%,行进时间缩短了7.25%,验证了闭环控制系统的可行性和实用性．     

基于ARM的六足仿生机器人野外定位系统

为了更好地控制六足仿生机器人适应野外作业环境,针对机器人野外定位问题,提出了一种六足仿生减灾救援机器人无线野外定位系统解决方案,方案以三星S3C2440为硬件平台,以嵌入式linux系统为软件平台,设计了六足仿生机器人野外定位系统。通过GPS全球定位系统进行六足仿生机器人的定位,利用GPRS实现网络通信,并将定位信息传输到终端设备,终端设备通过发送命令的方式控制六足仿生机器人实现相应的动作。实验证明：该系统的稳定性好,可靠性较高,能较好的满足六足仿生减灾救援机器人野外定位的需求。     

SHeRo: Scalable hexapod robot for maintenance,repair, and operations

Improper maintenance, repair, and operations of societal centric structures can lead to catastrophic failures that drastically affect global economy, the environment, and everyday life. Due to the remote, cramped and highly irregular environmental nature of these structures, routine manual procedures and operations can be rather tedious, dangerous, and hazardous for humans. Automating maintenance, repair, and operations removes human workers from having to crawl within highly cluttered and constrained spaces, breathing in stale air mixed with fumes from welding or particulate from repair work, and provides higher reliability and consistency in the repair work. This paper introduces SHeRo, a scalable hexapod robot designed for maintenance, repair, and operations within remote, inaccessible, irregular, and hazardous environments. The scalability of the design enhances traditional hexapod robot designs by incorporating two prismatic joints into each leg. A detailed discussion on the design and realization of SHeRo is provided. An analysis on the stability and workspace of SHeRo is presented and a dynamic criterion is developed to integrate the concepts of robot stability and constant orientation workspace into a stable workspace. The analytical solution of the lateral stable workspace of SHeRo is derived along with a metric for comparing stable workspace between different robot configurations. A simulated demonstration and two physical experimental demonstrations are presented showing the advantage of introducing scalability into the hexapod robot design along with the workspace enhancement and flexibility of the scalable hexapod robot.     

六足步行机器人控制系统研究

六足机器人是一种具有多支链与时变拓扑结构的特种机器人,该类机器人能够在复杂环境中稳定行走,长期以来一直是国内外机器人研究领域的热点之一。本文从仿生角度出发,归纳六足机器人稳定行走的三种方式;根据六足机器人各足支撑点围成的多边形区域与机体重心在其投影的关系来评定六足机器人行走稳定性,为实现六足机器人稳定性行走提供理论依据;最后根据机器人控制精度增加和智能力减少的原则,以分级递阶的方式设计六足机器人的运动控制系统。     

六足仿生机器人机构与控制系统设计

由于六足仿生机器人的足数较多,控制其稳定行走较为复杂,针对控制六足机器人稳定行走的要求,该六足机器人的腿部是参照蚂蚁的腿部结构进行设计,并对其进行建模分析.整个系统在硬件上选取了Arduino、无线模块、显示模块、舵机控制板等;软件上选用Qt Creator在上位机上编程,用于远程遥控六足机器人及观察其行走状态变化;在步态控制上采用了三角步态控制算法.通过设计机械结构、建模分析以及硬件、软件和算法的结合,实现了六足仿生机器人的稳定行走.     

基于CPG的六足机器人运动步态控制方法

中枢模式发生器（CPG）在六足机器人的运动步态控制中起着至关重要的作用。为了研究六足机器人的运动控制方法,首先基于仿生学原理设计了六足机器人的机械结构,并在虚拟样机软件ADAMS中搭建其三维模型;其次选择Hopf振荡器作为CPG单元,并改进了振荡器模型;然后设计了六足机器人的CPG网络拓扑结构,包含单腿关节映射函数方案和腿间CPG环形耦合网络方案,并对其进行了改进;最后通过ADAMS和MATLAB联合仿真实验,验证了所设计六足机器人的运动稳定性和CPG控制方案的可行性与有效性。仿真结果表明,该方法能够满足六足机器人不同运动步态的控制需求,对六足机器人的运动控制具有一定的实际应用价值。     

新型微型六足机器人的运动原理及控制程序

介绍了一种微型六足机器人的新结构，该结构将直线行进运动与转向运动合理地结合了起来，论述了这种新型结构的运动结合原理以及基于IO板的机器人控制系统VB软件编程，分析了机器人的运动稳定性和灵活性，给出了实验结果和分析。成功制作了机器人样机——“银甲虫1号”，其大小为：半径3cm，高4.2cm，重49g。实验证明“银甲虫1号”运动灵活可靠，有很好的机动性。     

Learning Control of Robot Manipulators in Task Space

Two important properties of industrial tasks performed by robot manipulators, namely, periodicity (i.e., repetitive nature) of the task and the need for the task to be performed by the end‐effector, motivated this work. Not being able to utilize the robot manipulator dynamics due to uncertainties complicated the control design. In a seemingly novel departure from the existing works in the literature, the tracking problem is formulated in the task space and the control input torque is aimed to decrease the task space tracking error directly without making use of inverse kinematics at the position level. A repetitive learning controller is designed which “learns” the overall uncertainties in the robot manipulator dynamics. The stability of the closed‐loop system and asymptotic end‐effector tracking of a periodic desired trajectory are guaranteed via Lyapunov based analysis methods. Experiments performed on an in‐house developed robot manipulator are presented to illustrate the performance and viability of the proposed controller.     

一种输电线路巡检机器人控制系统的设计与实现

介绍了一种超高压输电线路巡检机器人控制系统的设计与实现方法．根据巡检作业任务的要求，采用遥控与局部自主相结合的控制模式实现巡检机器人沿线行走及跨越障碍．设计了巡检机器人有限状态机模型，实现了机器人遥控与局部自主控制的有机结合．采用基于激光传感器定位的方法实现了巡检机器人的自主越障控制．实验结果表明，该机器人可实现沿线行走及自主跨越障碍，从而验证了控制系统设计的有效性与合理性．     

六足微型仿生机器人及其控制系统的研究

介绍了一种微型六足仿生机器人的结构与控制系统，分析了这种微型六足仿生机器人的移动原理，阐述了如何通过计算机来控制微型六足仿生机器人的运动，该机器人基于仿生学原理，结构独特，简单，新颖，能方便地实现前进和后退，其样相外形尺寸为：长30mm,宽40mm,高20mm，重6．3克，并对该样机进行了实验，实验结果表明该机器人具有较好的机动性。     

一种六足仿生巡检机器人的设计与实现

六足仿生机器人因其灵活度好、可靠性高、适应性强等特点而得到广泛应用;针对六足仿生巡检机器人,从结构设计、步态规划、系统仿真和实物构建等方面,探索一般意义上系统设计和实现方法;首先设计了六足仿生机器人的多关节机械结构,并给出了此类系统的量化建模方法;然后采用了重心随动的三角步态规划方法,对系统稳定性和典型步态规划进行了量化分析;在此基础上基于标准D-H参数法建立了机器人的运动学模型,并且通过仿真实现了六足机器人向前纵向行走和向右横向行走的直线平稳运动;最后通过六足仿生巡检机器人实物测试,验证了所设计的结构和步态规划方法的可行性和有效性。     

Q-Whex: A simple and highly mobile quasi-wheeled hexapod robot

This paper presents the design and control of Q-Whex, an untethered, quasi-wheeled hexapod robot. Q-Whex has only six actuators—one motor located at each hip—achieving mechanical simplicity that promotes reliable and robust operation in real-world tasks. All of the robot's mechanical parts are simply fabricated with carbon fiber plates, which makes the robot very easy to make. Q-Whex is capable of performing wheeled-like smooth rides over flat ground with a tripod gait, and thereby prevent the common problem of trunk fluctuations in legged-wheel robots. It is also able to traverse height variations well exceeding its trunk clearance. The performance of Q-Whex is evaluated in various scenarios, including driving and turning over flat terrains, ramp-riding, step-crossing, stair-climbing, and irregular terrain-traversing.     

仿生六足步行机器人步态轨迹的研究与仿真

针对仿生六足步行机器人关节较多,其步态轨迹规划和关节控制量计算都较为复杂的现状,采用Solidworks软件与MSC.ADAMS软件相结合的方式对六足仿生步行机器人的样机模型进行了运动学仿真与分析.通过仿真,验证了所设计的三角步态的适用性和所选择的三次样条曲线作为机器人足端点轨迹曲线方案的可行性.详细阐述了六足仿生步行机器人轨迹仿真的原理、方法及过程,找到了一种在ADAMS环境下求解机器人逆解的方法,简化了理论计算,提高了设计效率.     

The ASURA I harvestman-like hexapod walking robot: compact body and long leg design

This paper reports the design of a new hexapod walking robot, ASURA I, inspired by the physical features of a harvestman’s behavior. ASURA I has a special mobile form with one compact body and much longer legs than conventional hexapod walking robots. This form enhances the walking performance of the robot on rocky or uneven terrain. Here, we present the design and analysis of the leg mechanism, body structure design, gait planning, and prototype development. The long legs (relative to the body) are managed by special parallel link mechanisms, which powerfully and effectively drive the leg joints. The leg mechanism is analyzed by its kinematics, singularity, and static characteristics. The leg length and weight of ASURA I is 1.3 m and 27 kg, respectively. The alternating tripod and wave gaits of ASURA I are successfully demonstrated in a series of walking experiments.     

Modeling and configuration-independent control of a self-mobile space manipulator

TheSelf-Mobile Space Manipulator (SM ²) is a 5-DOF, 1/3-scale, laboratory version of a robot designed to walk on the trusswork and other exterior surfaces of Space Station Freedom. It will be capable of routine tasks such as inspection, parts transportation and simple maintenance and repair. We have designed and built the robot and gravity compensation system to permit simulated zero-gravity experiments. The control ofSM ² is challenging because of significant structural flexibility, relatively high friction at the joints, positioning error amplified from joint errors due to the long reach, and high performance requirements for general 3-D locomotion. In this paper, we focus on the modeling of the robot system and the design of the control system based on the model. We address the kinematics and dynamic modeling of the 3-D motion ofSM ² and demonstrate the simulation and experimental modal analysis results. The robot dynamic characteristics vary significantly when the robot configuration changes. To consider this effect, we develop a control system that is composed of two basic parts, the model-based part and the servo part. The model-based loop can be updated based on the off-line dynamic model, and the servo control loop is updated by a gain schedule according to the off-line relationship between the closed-loop frequency and the modal frequency estimated from the off-line dynamic model. By taking dynamic variation into account in the controller, the control system is independent of the robot configuration, and the motion performance ofSM ² is greatly enhanced in implementation.     

基于UMAC的六足机器人控制系统设计

六足机器人随着任务的复杂程度不断提高,自由度也不断增多,使其控制结构也越来越复杂,给工程实现带来很大的困难.本文以中枢模式发生器(CPG)原理为基础,IPC+UMAC多轴运动控制器为核心,采用分级分布式控制结构设计六足机器人控制系统.控制系统包括6个CPG单元,每个CPG单元的输出信号控制机器人单腿的三个关节.通过CP...     

六足移动式微型仿生机器人的研究

本文描述了一种微型六足仿生机器人的结构与控制，分析了这种微型六足仿生机器人 的移动原理. 该机器人基于仿生学原理，结构独特、简单、新颖，能方便地实现前进和后退 ，其样机外形尺寸为：长30mm，宽40mm，高20mm，重6.3g．并对该样机进行了实验，实验 结果表明该机器人具有较好的机动性．     

Maneuverability modeling and trajectory tracking for fish robot

This study develops a 6-DOF mathematical model for a robotic fish that considers surge, sway, heave, roll, pitch, and yaw. The model considers the conditions of a fish swimming in ocean current perturbations similar to the ocean current perturbations of the slender-body autonomous underwater vehicles. For swimming and turning behaviors, a nonlinear, dynamic, carangiform locomotion model is derived by using a planar four-link model. A 2-DOF barycenter mechanism is proposed to provide body stabilization and to serve as an actuating device for active control design. A barycenter control scheme is developed to change the center of gravity of the robot fish body by moving balancing masses along two axes. The projected torque on x and y axes propel pitch and roll angles to the desired settings. A Stabilizing controller, fish-tail mechanism, rigid body dynamics, and kinematics are incorporated to enable the fish robot to move in three dimensional space. Simulation results have demonstrated maneuverability and control system performance of the developed controller which is proposed to conduct path tracking of the robot fish as it swims under current perturbations.