Supervision and motion planning for a mobile manipulator interacting with humans

ABSTRACT

Human Robot collaborative task achievement requires adapted tools and algorithms for both decision making and motion computation. The human presence as well as its behavior must be considered and actively monitored at the decisional level for the robot to produce synchronized and adapted behavior. Additionally, having a human within the robot range of action introduces security constraints as well as comfort considerations which must be taken into account at the motion planning and control level. This paper presents a robotic architecture adapted to human robot interaction and focuses on two tools: a human aware manipulation planner and a supervision system dedicated to collaborative task achievement.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
      I.2.9 Robotics
          Subjects: Manipulators

General Terms:
Design, Experimentation

Keywords:
hri, motion planning, robot architecture, supervision