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Bi-Directional Human-Robot Handover Using a Novel Supernumerary Robotic System

  • Yuwei Du*
  • , Xin Zhang*
  • , Mattia Leonori
  • , Pietro Balatti
  • , Jing Jin
  • , Qiang Wang
  • , Arash Ajoudani
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Italian Institute of Technology
  • CAS - Shenyang Institute of Automation

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Abstract

Cooperative human-robot systems are the key technology to improve efficiency in agile production. In this work, a novel on-shoulder supernumerary robotic limb (SRL) is developed for human-robot collaboration. The SRL system is mainly composed of a 6-degree-of-freedom (DoF) lightweight robotic arm and a wearable and adjustable base, which allows different users to regulate the arm installation position to fit their physical dimensions and expand their workspace. As the SRL is close to the human head, nullspace-based collision avoidance is designed to achieve safe motion planning. Meanwhile, a Kalman filter is designed to actively predict human hand position and yield anticipatory motion control of our SRL in handover tasks. Furthermore, we conduct a bi-directional handover case study to verify the capability of the SRL system and the effectiveness of the proposed collaborative handover. The result shows that our control method can guarantee intuitive and natural handover behavior.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2023 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Its Social Impacts, ARSO 2023
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages153-158
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781665464246
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Externally publishedYes
Event2023 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Its Social Impacts, ARSO 2023 - Berlin, Germany
Duration: 5 Jun 20237 Jun 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings of IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts, ARSO
Volume2023-June
ISSN (Print)2162-7568
ISSN (Electronic)2162-7576

Conference

Conference2023 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Its Social Impacts, ARSO 2023
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityBerlin
Period5/06/237/06/23

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