We consider the kinematics of a mobile manipulator that consists of a non-holonomic (or holonomic) mobile platform and a holonomic manipulator mounted atop of the platform. At any fixed time instant and with fixed initial state of the platform these kinematics are viewed as a map from a Hilbert space of controls and manipulator’s joint positions into a taskspace of the mobile manipulator, and c...

Mobile manipulator performance measurement research is relatively minimal as compared to that of robot arms. Measurement methods, such as optical tracking systems, are useful for measuring the performance of mobile manipulators, although at a much higher relative cost as compared to artifacts. The concept of using test artifacts demonstrates to potential manufacturers and users of mobile manipu...

This paper presents a decentralized control strategy for mobile manipulator systems. First, the whole system of mobile manipulator is divided into two interconnected subsystems: nonholonomic mobile platform subsystem and holonomic manipulator subsystem. Second, a kinematic and dynamic controllers are developed for mobile platform subsystem. The kinematic control provides the desired velocity th...

The Operational Space Formulation creates a framework for the analysis and control of manipulator systems with respect to the behavior of their end-effectors. Its application to aircraft canopy polishing is shown using a mobile manipulator. The mobile manipulator end-effector maintains a desired force normal to the canopy surface of unknown geometry in doing a compliant polishing motion, while,...

Abstract: The Coordination of the motion planning of the manipulator end point and the mobile base is a crucial task for a mobile robot control. The mobile manipulator is mounted on the mobile platform where the end point of the manipulator is guided to follow an arbitrarily chosen path .The mobile platform may move in such a manner so that the manipulator end may track the arbitrary trajectori...

Manipulators with mobile base are gaining momentum in the industry due to improved workspace and flexible adaptability to changes in the product designs. Although there has been research in this field for a considerable time, many issues are still to be resolved viz. obstacle avoidance, redundancy resolution for singularity avoidance, dynamic analysis of combined manipulator and a mobile robot,...

A power assisted gait rehabilitation robot system by which a patient who has difficulty in walking can exercise is proposed. Our developed system consists of a robotic manipulator which can adjust the height of the system according to the user and a mobile base with two-driving wheels. It is similar to the architecture of a mobile manipulator. The neural network based control algorithm for a mo...

The stability of holonomic mobile manipulator can be improved effectively based on the stability twist constraint (STC). However, nonholonomic mobile manipulators are much more popular. In this paper, the stability of a nonholonomic mobile manipulator is improved with STC consideration. However, the constraint of nonholonomic mobility will affect the orientation of mobile base. Numerical simula...

The paper deals with obstacle avoidance for a mobile manipulator. Mobile manipulator consists of a velocity controlled mobile platform and a torque controlled robot manipulator. Therefore combined torque-velocity control is used. In spite of a combined control the system maintains dynamic compensation. The proposed algorithm enables obstacle avoidance in real time. The platform has integrated u...

In the last several years, mobile manipulators have been increasingly utilized and developed from a theoretical viewpoint as well as for practical applications in space, underwater, construction and service environments. The work presented in this chapter deals with the problem of intelligent behaviour modelling and control of a mobile manipulator for the purpose of simultaneously following des...