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Collision: Modeling, simulation and identification of robotic manipulators interacting with environments

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The performance of many robotic tasks depends greatly on their dynamic collision behavior. This article presents a simple method for modeling and simulating collision behavior in manipulators. The main goal in this task is to provide informative contact models. The proposed models encompasscollision attributes which comprise not only (local) contact surface properties but also structural properties of the environmental object and the manipulator. With this method, the entire dynamic and interactive motion of the manipulator with the environmental object can be simulated effectively. This is verified by our simulation results. To facilitate our investigation, a 2 DOF planar elbow manipulator with PD control is considered in the simulations as well as theoretical analysis. The simulation results are used to highlight the collision attributes which affect collision behavior and to study the effects of these attributes on the manipulator-work environment safety and performance. On the other hand, the reliable operation of intelligent robotic systems in unstructured environments requires the estimation of collision attributes before the prediction of the collision behavior can be completed. For this purpose, we introduce the notion ofcollision identification. The present paper introduces a framework for collision identification in robotic tasks. The proposed framework is based on Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) and provides fast and relatively reliable identification of the collision attributes. The simulation results are used to generate training data for the set of ANNs. A modularized ANN-based architecture is also developed to reduce the training effort and to increase the accuracy of ANNs. The test results indicate the satisfactory performance of the proposed collision identification system.

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Janabi-Sharifi, F. Collision: Modeling, simulation and identification of robotic manipulators interacting with environments. J Intell Robot Syst 13, 1–44 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01664754

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