通过模块化现场机器人实现对故障的稳定性
Troy Cordie1,2, Jonathan Roberts2, Matthew Dunbabin2
1CSIRO Robotics, Data61, Pullenvale, QLD, Australia.
Frontiers in robotics and AI
|March 28, 2024
概括
模块化机器人可以弹出故障的部件,以提高任务长度和强度. 这种模块化机器人架构在具有挑战性的环境中提高了机器人的性能,即使在执行器故障的情况下也是如此.
科学领域:
- 机器人技术 机器人技术 机器人技术
- 机械工程 机械工程
背景情况:
- 远程部署机器人的执行器故障会降低效率和可操作性.
- 增加机器人的自主性和远程操作需要增强的故障强度.
研究的目的:
- 介绍模块化机器人架构方法,以提高执行器故障的稳定性.
- 为了增强固定配置和模块化可重新配置的机器人.
主要方法:
- 利用模块化可重新配置的机器人,通过弹出模块来改变机动和形态.
- 在 Gazebo 模拟和物理现场试验中实施了测试.
- 与具有固定的配置和控制器的机器人相比,性能比较.
主要成果:
- 模块化机器人展示了改善的距离旅行和减少环境穿越努力.
- 与固定控制器机器人相比,具有可适应的机动机器人对执行器故障表现出更大的稳定性.
- 能够改变运动和形态的机器人远远超过了固定形态的机器人.
结论:
- 弹出模块化故障组件可以提高总体任务持续时间.
- 模块化机器人系统提供了一个可行的解决方案,用于提高机器人在自主操作中的弹性.
- 适应性移动和形态是面对组件故障时机器人性能强大的关键.
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