通过自适应PD控制,在不依赖传感器的情况下实现机器人能量限制,保障人机交互安全。
Adaptive PD Gains for Energy-Conscious Control in Physical Human-Robot Interaction

- 基于能量约束设计自适应PD控制器,无需外部力/力矩传感器
- 可同时限制动能与势能,参数灵活调节截止阈值与响应陡度
- 提供稳定性证明,已在TALOS机器人上验证硬件可行性
柔顺的力控或力矩控常用于实现安全的人机物理交互(pHRI),但存在局限性:力控需外置力传感器,力矩控需关节力矩感知或估计,而这些在多数机器人上不可行。因此,基于能量的方法成为有前景的替代方案——通过限制机器人的机械能来保障安全。然而现有能量方法往往实现复杂,部分还需额外稳定性验证。本文提出一种自适应比例-微分(PD)控制器,可在任意设定的能量极限下限制机器人能量,实现安全的pHRI。该控制器可同时限制机器人的动能与势能,其增益行为可通过多个参数精确调节,定义明确的截止限值和响应陡度。本文给出了控制器的稳定性证明,并提出了确保稳定性的条件。所提控制器在PAL Robotics的TALOS机器人上进行了仿真与实机测试,验证了预期的柔顺性与能量限制特性。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Compliant force or torque control are approaches often investigated to achieve safe physical human-robot interaction (pHRI). However, these approaches have limitations. Force control requires a robot to be equipped with external force sensors to track the amplitude and direction of applied forces. Torque control requires torque sensing or estimation in each joint. As this is not available on every robot, energy-based approaches offer a promising alternative. Such approaches aim to achieve safe pHRI by limiting the mechanical energy of the robot. Current schemes leveraging an energy-based approach tend to have a complex implementation, and some may require further stability verification. We hence propose an adaptive proportional-derivative (PD) controller that can limit a robot's energy under any given limit to achieve safe pHRI. The proposed controller can limit both the kinetic and potential energy of a robot, and the behaviour of the controller gains can be shaped using various parameters, defining precisely the cutoff limit and sharpness. We construct a stability proof for the controller and define a condition to ensure the controller's stability. The proposed controller's behaviour and compliance are tested on the TALOS robot from PAL Robotics both in simulation and on hardware, verifying the expected compliant and energy-limiting behaviour of the controller.
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