Interaction learning for dynamic movement primitives used in cooperative robotic tasks

Since several years dynamic movement primitives (DMPs) are more and more getting into the center of interest for flexible movement control in robotics. In this study we introduce sensory feedback together with a predictive learning mechanism which allows tightly coupled dual-agent systems to learn an adaptive, sensor-driven interaction based on DMPs. The coupled conventional (no-sensors, no learning) DMP-system automatically equilibrates and can still be solved analytically allowing us to derive conditions for stability. When adding adaptive sensor control we can show that both agents learn to cooperate. Simulations as well as real-robot experiments are shown. Interestingly, all these mechanisms are entirely based on low level interactions without any planning or cognitive componentSistemų analizės katedraVytauto Didžiojo universiteta

Toward a library of manipulation actions based on semantic object-action relations

ISSN : 2153-0858The goal of this study is to provide an architecture for a generic definition of robot manipulation actions. We emphasize that the representation of actions presented here is ”procedural”. Thus, we will define the structural elements of our action representations as execution protocols. To achieve this, manipulations are defined using three levels. The toplevel defines objects, their relations and the actions in an abstract and symbolic way. A mid-level sequencer, with which the action primitives are chained, is used to structure the actual action execution, which is performed via the bottom level. This (lowest) level collects data from sensors and communicates with the control system of the robot. This method enables robot manipulators to execute the same action in different situations i.e. on different objects with different positions and orientations. In addition, two methods of detecting action failure are provided which are necessary to handle faults in system. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed framework, several different actions are performed on our robotic setup and results are shown. This way we are creating a library of human-like robot actions, which can be used by higher-level task planners to execute more complex tasksSistemų analizės katedraVytauto Didžiojo universiteta