Texas A&M University, College Station, 2016-2023
Chair: Reza Langari, Ph.D.
Topic: Design and Redundant Control of Limited-Use Tendon-Driven Continuum Manipulators with a Passive Proximal Section
Contributions:
separable robot which manipulates existing ICE (Intracardiac Echocardiography) catheter
separable tendon-driven robotic manipulator
redundant control scheme for tendon driven manipulators
analysis of effect of proximal section shape in tendon-driven manipulators
Trajectory generation and forward simulation were performed in Julia.
A BeagleBone Black and a robust controller in C++ were used to stabilize this robot.
Motion of the robot arm was linked to that of the user via IMU and EMG.
Optimal walking trajectories were parameterized along step length and saved for on-line interpolation.
Minimum impulse to cause falling in a 2D biped was recorded to provide a metric for stability.
Feedback linearization with additional PD in feedforward was used to emulate human walking control.