Teleoperation with virtual force feedback

Robert J. Anderson

doi:10.1117/12.164927

21 December 1993 Teleoperation with virtual force feedback

Robert J. Anderson

Proceedings Volume 2057, Telemanipulator Technology and Space Telerobotics; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.164927
Event: Optical Tools for Manufacturing and Advanced Automation, 1993, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

In this paper we describe an algorithm for generating virtual forces in a bilateral teleoperator system. The virtual forces are generated from a world model and are used to provide real-time obstacle avoidance and guidance capabilities. The algorithm requires that the slave's tool and every object in the environment be decomposed into convex polyhedral primitives. Intrusion distance and extraction vectors are then derived at every time step by applying Gilbert's polyhedra distance algorithm, which has been adapted for the task. This information is then used to determine the compression and location of nonlinear virtual spring-dampers whose total force is summed and applied to the manipulator/teleoperator system. Experimental results validate the whole approach, showing that it is possible to compute the algorithm and generate realistic, useful pseudo forces for a bilateral teleoperator system using standard VME bus hardware.

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Robert J. Anderson "Teleoperation with virtual force feedback", Proc. SPIE 2057, Telemanipulator Technology and Space Telerobotics, (21 December 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.164927

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