Impedance Control and its Effects on a Humanoid Robot Playing Table Tennis

This paper proposes an impedance control scheme used on humanoid robots for stability maintenance when the robot is expected to carry out fast manipulatory tasks. We take table tennis playing as an example to study this issue. The fast acceleration required by table tennis rallying will result in an...

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Main Authors: Rong Xiong, Yichao Sun, Qiuguo Zhu, Jun Wu, Jian Chu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2012-11-01
Series:International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5772/51924
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Yichao Sun
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Jian Chu
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description This paper proposes an impedance control scheme used on humanoid robots for stability maintenance when the robot is expected to carry out fast manipulatory tasks. We take table tennis playing as an example to study this issue. The fast acceleration required by table tennis rallying will result in an unknown large reaction force on the robot, causing the body to swing back and forth in an oscillating motion and the foot to lose complete contact with the ground. To improve the stability during fast manipulation and in order to resist disturbances due to the reaction force, we introduce impedance control to absorb the impact and decrease the amplitude of body swinging. The system's adjusting time is also reduced and the oscillations are eliminated according to the experimental results, which show the effectiveness of our scheme.
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spelling doaj.art-f521b984f71f41efaab5465f97e864712022-12-21T23:54:20ZengSAGE PublishingInternational Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems1729-88142012-11-01910.5772/5192410.5772_51924Impedance Control and its Effects on a Humanoid Robot Playing Table TennisRong Xiong0Yichao Sun1Qiuguo Zhu2Jun Wu3Jian Chu4 State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology, Zhejiang University State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology, Zhejiang University State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology, Zhejiang University State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology, Zhejiang University State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology, Zhejiang UniversityThis paper proposes an impedance control scheme used on humanoid robots for stability maintenance when the robot is expected to carry out fast manipulatory tasks. We take table tennis playing as an example to study this issue. The fast acceleration required by table tennis rallying will result in an unknown large reaction force on the robot, causing the body to swing back and forth in an oscillating motion and the foot to lose complete contact with the ground. To improve the stability during fast manipulation and in order to resist disturbances due to the reaction force, we introduce impedance control to absorb the impact and decrease the amplitude of body swinging. The system's adjusting time is also reduced and the oscillations are eliminated according to the experimental results, which show the effectiveness of our scheme.https://doi.org/10.5772/51924
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Qiuguo Zhu
Jun Wu
Jian Chu
Impedance Control and its Effects on a Humanoid Robot Playing Table Tennis
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
title Impedance Control and its Effects on a Humanoid Robot Playing Table Tennis
title_full Impedance Control and its Effects on a Humanoid Robot Playing Table Tennis
title_fullStr Impedance Control and its Effects on a Humanoid Robot Playing Table Tennis
title_full_unstemmed Impedance Control and its Effects on a Humanoid Robot Playing Table Tennis
title_short Impedance Control and its Effects on a Humanoid Robot Playing Table Tennis
title_sort impedance control and its effects on a humanoid robot playing table tennis
url https://doi.org/10.5772/51924
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