用3D凸体安全约束,让多机械臂协同作业不碰撞。
Safe Multi-Robotic Arm Interaction via 3D Convex Shapes
- 基于高阶控制屏障函数构建多臂安全过滤器
- 实测多机械臂在共享空间零碰撞运行
- 适合需要高安全性的工业协作场景
当多个机械臂在近距离内协同工作时,彼此之间的碰撞构成重大安全隐患。本文提出一种在线碰撞避免方法,利用为3D凸体设计的高阶控制屏障函数(HOCBFs),实现多机械臂间的安全交互。与以往仅关注人机或单臂避障的研究不同,本工作聚焦于多机械臂在共享空间中的碰撞规避问题。所提方法将HOCBFs作为集中式与分布式安全过滤器,兼容多种常规控制器,且不显著限制机械臂的工作空间。实现中的关键挑战在于大量安全约束及每约束需计算海森矩阵带来的计算开销。为此,我们采用数值微分近似替代高成本项。方法有效性通过大量仿真和实际实验验证,使用Franka Research 3机械臂完成测试。项目视频见链接。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Inter-robot collisions pose a significant safety risk when multiple robotic arms operate in close proximity. We present an online collision avoidance methodology leveraging High-Order Control Barrier Functions (HOCBFs) constructed for safe interactions among 3D convex shapes to address this issue. While prior works focused on using Control Barrier Functions (CBFs) for human-robotic arm and single-arm collision avoidance, we explore the problem of collision avoidance between multiple robotic arms operating in a shared space. In our methodology, we utilize the proposed HOCBFs as centralized and decentralized safety filters. These safety filters are compatible with many nominal controllers and ensure safety without significantly restricting the robots' workspace. A key challenge in implementing these filters is the computational overhead caused by the large number of safety constraints and the computation of a Hessian matrix per constraint. We address this challenge by employing numerical differentiation methods to approximate computationally intensive terms. The effectiveness of our method is demonstrated through extensive simulation studies and real-world experiments with Franka Research 3 robotic arms. The project video is available at this link.
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