Combining haptics and inertial motion capture to enhance remote control of a dual-arm robot

[EN] High dexterity is required in tasks in which there is contact between objects, such as surface conditioning (wiping, polishing, scuffing, sanding, etc.), specially when the location of the objects involved is unknown or highly inaccurate because they are moving, like a car body in automotive in...

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Autores: Girbés-Juan, Vicent, Schettino, Vinicius, Demiris, Yiannis, Gracia Calandin, Luis Ignacio|||0000-0001-9258-9286, Solanes, J. Ernesto|||0000-0001-5011-4872, Tornero Montserrat, Josep|||0000-0003-1571-0251
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/200802
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/200802
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Multimodal teleoperation
Haptic feedback
Motion capture
Dual-arm robotics
Collaborative robot
Surface conditioning
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Sumario:[EN] High dexterity is required in tasks in which there is contact between objects, such as surface conditioning (wiping, polishing, scuffing, sanding, etc.), specially when the location of the objects involved is unknown or highly inaccurate because they are moving, like a car body in automotive industry lines. These applications require the human adaptability and the robot accuracy. However, sharing the same workspace is not possible in most cases due to safety issues. Hence, a multi-modal teleoperation system combining haptics and an inertial motion capture system is introduced in this work. The human operator gets the sense of touch thanks to haptic feedback, whereas using the motion capture device allows more naturalistic movements. Visual feedback assistance is also introduced to enhance immersion. A Baxter dual-arm robot is used to offer more flexibility and manoeuvrability, allowing to perform two independent operations simultaneously. Several tests have been carried out to assess the proposed system. As it is shown by the experimental results, the task duration is reduced and the overall performance improves thanks to the proposed teleoperation method.