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Towards Autonomous Robotic Valve Turning Cover

Abstract

In this paper an autonomous intervention robotic task to learn the skill of grasping and turning a valve is described. To resolve this challenge a set of different techniques are proposed, each one realizing a specific task and sending information to the others in a Hardware-In-Loop (HIL) simulation. To improve the estimation of the valve position, an Extended Kalman Filter is designed. Also to learn the trajectory to follow with the robotic arm, Imitation Learning approach is used. In addition, to perform safely the task a fuzzy system is developed which generates appropriate decisions. Although the achievement of this task will be used in an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, for the first step this idea has been tested in a laboratory environment with an available robot and a sensor.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cait-2012-0018 | Journal eISSN: 1314-4081 | Journal ISSN: 1311-9702
Language: English
Page range: 17 - 26
Published on: Mar 22, 2013
Published by: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Information and Communication Technologies
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2013 A. Carrera, S. R. Ahmadzadeh, A. Ajoudani, P. Kormushev, M. Carreras, D. G. Caldwell, published by Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Information and Communication Technologies
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