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    • Robotics
    • Control Systems
    • Human-Robot Interaction

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    • Physical human-robot interaction (pHRI) demands high safety and dependability due to robot power.
    • Ensuring robot stability is crucial for safety but insufficient for intuitive interaction.
    • Cooperative motion must be intuitive and not hinder human performance.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To design a variable admittance control law for stable and intuitive human-robot interaction.
    • To guarantee robot stability during constrained motion.
    • To enhance the intuitiveness of human-robot cooperation.

    Main Methods:

    • Developed a new variable admittance control law.
    • Incorporated a stability observer for guaranteed stability.
    • Utilized the time derivative of contact force to infer human intentions.
    • Estimated interaction stiffness online using encoder and force sensor data.

    Main Results:

    • The control law ensures robot stability during constrained motion.
    • The system provides intuitive human interaction.
    • Online stiffness estimation method validated.
    • User studies with a parallel robot and an industrial assist device confirmed effectiveness.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed variable admittance control law enhances safety and intuitiveness in human-robot interaction.
    • The stability observer and intention-inference mechanism are key contributions.
    • The method is validated through practical experiments and user studies.