行走輔助機器人傾斜地面之順應性運動控制設計

Slope Surface Compliant Motion Control Design of a Walking Help Robot

黃科棟(Jo-Tung Huang)

指導教授 ： 宋開泰

國立交通大學/電機學院/電機與控制工程系所/碩士(2010年)

https://doi.org/10.6842/NCTU.2010.00054

摘要

本論文發展一個全向性的行走輔助機器人(Walking helper robot, Walbot)來協助老年人與行動不便者在室內的行走。經由傾斜地面順應性運動控制設計，使Walbot可以在傾斜的地面下擁有被動式的行為，因此使用者可以安全地操控行走輔助機器人來順應自己的意向移動。透過所設計的外力估測器，行走輔助機器人可以得知使用者的意向，不需要使用昂貴的力/轉矩感測器，即可達到順應性運動之功能。當行走輔助機器人操作在斜坡上時，其自身的重力分力將會影響機器人的動態響應，透過特別設計的重力補償器，使用者能夠如同在水平地面般的在傾斜地面上操控行走輔助機器人。實驗結果驗證所設計的控制方法是確實可行的。

關鍵字

全向性平台 ； 順應性運動控制 ； 外力估測器 ； 重力補償

並列摘要

In this thesis, an omni-directional walking help robot (Walbot) is presented for assisting elderly or handicapped people in indoor walking. A compliant motion controller with gravity compensation has been designed to make this powered robotic walker with passive behavior on a slope surface. This design allows a user to handle the robot safely to follow his/her motion intent. In order to detect user's motion intent, an external-force observer has been developed to replace expensive force/torque sensors. On a slope surface, the gravity force will affect robot's dynamic motion and contradict to the user's motion intent. A gravity compensator is proposed and added to the compliant motion control loop. Then, the user can walk with the robot on the slope as if it is on a flat surface. The proposed control method has been validated by experimental results.

並列關鍵字

omni-directional robots ； compliant motion control ； force observer ； gravity compensator

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