Human-robot cooperation for robust surface treatment using non-conventional sliding mode control

Publication Type:
Journal Article
Citation:
ISA Transactions, 2018, 80 pp. 528 - 541
Issue Date:
2018-09-01
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© 2018 ISA This work presents a human-robot closely collaborative solution to cooperatively perform surface treatment tasks such as polishing, grinding, deburring, etc. The method considers two force sensors attached to the manipulator end-effector and tool: one sensor is used to properly accomplish the surface treatment task, while the second one is used by the operator to guide the robot tool. The proposed scheme is based on task priority and adaptive non-conventional sliding mode control. The applicability of the proposed approach is substantiated by experimental results using a redundant 7R manipulator: the Sawyer cobot.
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