A peg-in-hole controller for cable-driven serial robots with compliant wrist based on cable tensions and joint positions
ISSN: 0144-5154
Article publication date: 21 December 2021
Issue publication date: 11 January 2022
Abstract
Purpose
This purpose of this paper is to design a peg-in-hole controller for a cable-driven serial robot with compliant wrist (CDSR-CW) using cable tensions and joint positions. The peg is connected to the robot link through a CW. It is required that the controller does not rely on any external sensors such as 6-axis wrist force/torque (F/T) sensor, and only the compliance matrix’s estimated value of the CW is known.
Design/methodology/approach
First, the peg-in-hole assembly system based on a CDSR-CW is analyzed. Second, a characterization algorithm using micro cable tensions and joint positions to express the elastic F/T at the CW is established. Next, under the premise of only knowing the compliance matrix’s estimate, a peg-in-hole controller based on force/position hybrid control is proposed.
Findings
The experiment results show that the plug contact F/T can be tracked well. This verifies the validity and correctness of the characterization algorithm and peg-in-hole controller for CDSR-CWs in this paper.
Originality/value
First, to the authors’ knowledge, there is no relevant work about the peg-in-hole assembly task using a CDSR-CW. Besides, the proposed characterization algorithm for the elastic F/T makes the peg-in-hole controller get rid of the dependence on the F/T sensor, which expands the application scenarios of the peg-in-hole controller. Finally, the controller does not require an accurate compliance matrix, which also increases its applicability.
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Citation
Lou, Y., Quan, P., Lin, H., Liang, Z., Wei, D. and Di, S. (2022), "A peg-in-hole controller for cable-driven serial robots with compliant wrist based on cable tensions and joint positions", Assembly Automation, Vol. 42 No. 1, pp. 67-79. https://doi.org/10.1108/AA-04-2021-0043
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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