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Safety-related Tasks within the Set-Based Task-Priority Inverse Kinematics Framework

Robotics 2019-05-30 v1

Abstract

In this paper we present a framework that allows the motion control of a robotic arm automatically handling different kinds of safety-related tasks. The developed controller is based on a Task-Priority Inverse Kinematics algorithm that allows the manipulator's motion while respecting constraints defined either in the joint or in the operational space in the form of equality-based or set-based tasks. This gives the possibility to define, among the others, tasks as joint-limits, obstacle avoidance or limiting the workspace in the operational space. Additionally, an algorithm for the real-time computation of the minimum distance between the manipulator and other objects in the environment using depth measurements has been implemented, effectively allowing obstacle avoidance tasks. Experiments with a Jaco2^2 manipulator, operating in an environment where an RGB-D sensor is used for the obstacles detection, show the effectiveness of the developed system.

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@article{arxiv.1905.12459,
  title  = {Safety-related Tasks within the Set-Based Task-Priority Inverse Kinematics Framework},
  author = {Paolo Di Lillo and Filippo Arrichiello and Gianluca Antonelli and Stefano Chiaverini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.12459},
  year   = {2019}
}
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