A fuzzy logic for autonomous navigation of underwater robot is proposed in this paper. The VFF(Virtual Force Field) algorithm, which is widely used in the field of mobile robot, is modified for application to the autonomous navigation of underwater robot. This Modified Virtual Force Field(MVFF) algorithm using the fuzzy logic can be used in either track keeping or obstacle avoidance. Fuzzy logi...

This paper presents a slave robot carrying an ultrasound probe for remote echographic examination. This robot is integrated in a master-slave system called robotic tele-echography (TER). The system allows an expert operator to perform a remote diagnosis from echographic data he acquires on a patient located in a distant place. The originality of this robot lies in its architecture: the cable-dr...

This paper presents a comparative study of indirect and direct workspace representation in human-robot interaction. Most of previous researches were using indirect workspace representation or were restricted to mobile robot applications. We extended human-robot interface with direct workspace representation for control of manipulator. Touch screen with representation of manipulators’ task space...

This paper designed and developed a teaching robot three degrees of freedom manipulator based on Fischer creative combination model platform. Firstly, the overall structure of the robot was analyzed to determine the drive programs, and then the manipulator structure was assembled and established in accordance with the modular design approach. Finally, the robot control system was studied. This ...

Reliability is one of the key challenges in multi-robot systems to increase practicable applicability and hence the commercial usage. This paper presents RoSHA, a self-healing architecture for multi-robot systems. RoSHA is based on the established robot middleware ROS and provides components for application independent analysis and repair. A plug-in architecture enables the developer to simply ...

This paper proposes a novel application of the Stewart–Gough parallel platform as a climbing robot and its kinematics control to climb through long structures describing unknown spatial trajectories, such as palm trunks, tubes, etc. First, the description and design of the climbing parallel robot is presented. Second, the inverse and forward kinematics analysis of a mobile six-degrees-of-freedo...

In this paper, we present a wearable interaction system to enhance interaction between a human user and a humanoid robot. The wearable interaction system assists the user and enhances interaction with the robot by intuitively imitating the user motion while expressing multimodal commands to the robot and displaying multimodal sensory feedback. AMIO, the biped humanoid robot of the AIM Laborator...

This paper proposed a new methodology to solve collision free path planning problem for industrial robot using genetic algorithms. The method poses an optimization problem that aims to minimize the significant points traveling distance of the robot. The behaviour of more two operational parameters – the end effector traveling distance and computational time – is analysed. This algorithm is able...

Developed at UWE Bristol’s Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS) Laboratory for conducting experiments in collective mobile robotics, the LinuxBot is a proven and reliable wireless-networked wheeled mobile robot capable of supporting a wide range of sensors and actuators. The robot has a Linux-based software and communications architecture, which embeds TCP/IP networking tools including FTP, Tel...

In traditional robot applications the successful execution of the robot task is ensured by reducing the uncertainty in the environment to an absolute minimum. Extending the applications of robots into less controlled environments requires that the robot be able to recognize and respond to unforeseen and non-nominal situations. Mobile robots or manipulators designed for a partially structured en...